Xakriabá language
Extinct Macro-Je language of Brazil
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Xakriabá (also called Chakriaba, Chikriaba, Shacriaba or Shicriabá)[1] is a dormant Akuwẽ (Central Jê) language (Jê, Macro-Jê) formerly spoken in Minas Gerais, Brazil by the Xakriabá people, who today speak Portuguese.[2] The language is known through two short wordlists collected by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege.[3]: 14 [4]
| Xakriabá | |
|---|---|
| Krẽká | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Minas Gerais |
| Ethnicity | Xakriabá people |
| Extinct | 1864 |
Macro-Jê
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xkr |
| Glottolog | xakr1238 |
| ELP | Xakriabá |
 Xakriabá is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
History
Before 1712, Xakriabá was originally spoken along the São Francisco River near São Romão, Minas Gerais[5] (Saint-Hilaire 2000: 340-341).[6] The Xakriabá were then forced to migrate after being defeated by Matias Cardoso de Almeida and other Paulistas from 1690 onwards. In 1819, Saint-Hilaire (1975: 145)[7] noted that the Xakriabá of Triângulo Mineiro region spoke a Xerente dialect.[5]
Phonology
Vowels
- /i/ can also be heard as [ɪ] in shortened positions.
Consonants
- [j] is heard from /i/ before other vowels or within diphthongs.
- [ʃ ʒ] are heard as allophones of /s z/.
- [tʃ dʒ ɲ] are heard as allophones of /t d n/ when palatalized before /i/.
- [ɡ] can be heard as an allophone of /k/.[8]
