Mato Grosso Arára language

Mato Grosso Arára (also disambiguated as Arara do Beiradão or Arara do Rio Branco, and also known as Koaiá ~ Koayá or Yugapkatã[2]) is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil. The ethnic population that spoke the language numbers about 150.

Not to be confused with Koaia language or Pará Arára language.

Arára
Yugapkatã
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
Extinct20th century
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3axg
Glottologmato1253
ELPArára of Mato Grosso[1]

Classification

The language is unclassified, with no known connections to established families. It is attested in a single word list, which shows it is neither Tupian nor Arawakan. Four people remembered the language in 2001, and two in 2008, but none were fluent speakers.[3]

Jolkesky (2010) notes some lexical similarities with Tupian.[4]

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary list was collected in 2011 by Inês Hargreaves from two Arara groups in the north of the Parque Aripuanã, Rondônia. The informants were João Luis V. Arara, José Rodrigues V. Arara, Maria Aruy Arara, and Ana Anita Arara.[5]

Arara do Rio Branco word list
Arara do Rio Branco English
mbaja child
no pai claw
kubai wit to drink
no beʃia ear
no ka pĩn eye
areka fire
no pia foot
nukij good
mbap hair
kopap head
nduka louse
be ʃa mouth
no jan nose
wjaʔ stone
noĩn tooth
adɛ water

For a more extensive vocabulary list of Arara by Jolkesky (2010),[6] see the corresponding Portuguese article.

References
  1. Endangered Languages Project data for Arára of Mato Grosso.
  2. Ramirez, Henri. 2010. Etnônimos e topônimos no Madeira (séculos XVI-XX): um sem-número de equívocos. Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica v. 2 n. 2, p. 179-224. (PDF)
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2010. Arara do Rio Branco e o tronco Tupí.
  5. "Arara do Rio Branco" (PDF). www2.unucseh.ueg.br (in English and Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2010. Arara do Rio Branco e o tronco Tupí.
  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Arára do Mato Grosso". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.


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