Yabutian languages

The Yabutian or Jabutian languages are two similar moribund languages of southern Rondônia, Brazil, namely Arikapú (Maxubí) and Djeoromitxi (Yabutí/Jabotí). They are members of the Macro-Jê language family. Maxubí was sometimes seen as a distinct language, but is now evaluated as representing Arikapú.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Yabutian language varieties.

Proto-language

Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by van der Voort (2007):

For a list of Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by Nikulin (2020), see the corresponding .

References

Further reading

• Fabre, Alain (2005). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: JABUTI.
• Ribeiro, Eduardo & Hein van der Voort. 2010. "Nimuendajú was right: The inclusion of the Jabutí language family in the Macro-Jê stock." International Journal of American Linguistics, 76(4), pp. 517–570. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/658056.

External links

• Amazonian Languages of Rondônia and Bolivia