Macushi language
| Macushi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil, Guyana, a few in Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | Macushi |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2006)[1] |
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Cariban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mbc |
| Glottolog |
macu1259[2] |
Macushi is the most populous of the Cariban languages, spoken by 30,000 in Brazil and Guyana. It is also spelled Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Macusi, Macussi, and also known as Teweya (Teueia). Abbot 1991 describes Macushi as having OVS order, with SOV order used to highlight the subject.[3]
References
- ↑ Macushi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Macushi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Abbott, Miriam (1991). "Macushi". In Derbyshire, Desmond C.; Pullum, Geoffrey K. Handbook of Amazonian Languages. 3. Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 23–160.
External links
- Macushi appendix at Wiktionary by Guy Marco Snr
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