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Diachronic Aspects of the Tupi Linguistic Family Luciana R. Storto Linguistics Department Universidade de São Paulo Brazil

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Dia

chro

nic

Asp

ects

of

the

Tu

pi

Lin

gu

isti

c F

am

ily

Lu

cian

a R

. S

tort

o

Lin

gu

isti

csD

epar

tmen

t

Un

iver

sid

ade

de

São

Pau

lo

Bra

zil

Ro

dri

gu

es(1

95

9,

64

) p

rop

ose

s th

e fi

rst

wel

l-in

form

ed l

exic

o-

stat

isti

cal

clas

sifi

cati

on

of

the

Tupi

Sto

ck,

bas

ed o

n w

ord

lis

ts

ran

gin

g fr

om

1

00

to

20

0 co

gn

ates

. In

h

is cl

assi

fica

tio

n,

six

fam

ilie

s o

ther

th

an T

upi-

Gu

ran

iw

ere

po

site

d,

nam

ely A

rik

ém,

Juru

na,

Mo

nd

é, P

uru

bo

rá,

Ram

aram

a, a

nd

Tup

arí.

Maw

éan

d

Aw

eti

wer

e co

nsi

der

ed to

be

lan

gu

ages

o

f th

e T

upi-

Guar

ani

fam

ily

, w

hic

h

is

un

der

stan

dab

le,

giv

en

the

larg

e n

um

ber

o

f

cog

nat

es

shar

ed

by

th

em

and

Tup

i-G

uar

ani

lan

gu

ages

.

Mu

nd

uru

ku

was

cl

assi

fied

as

a

Tupi-

Gu

aran

i la

ng

uag

e,

alth

ou

gh

it

was

men

tion

ed i

n a

fo

otn

ote

that

it

could

co

nst

itute

a fa

mil

y o

n i

ts o

wn

.

Th

e T

up

iL

ingu

isti

c F

amil

y:

•A

wet

i: A

wet

i(A

W)

•A

rik

ém:

Kar

itia

na

(KA

)

•Ju

run

a: J

uru

na

(JU

), X

ipay

a(X

I)

•M

awé:

Maw

é(M

W)

•M

on

dé:

6 l

ang

uag

es o

r dia

lect

s

•M

un

du

ruk

u:

Mu

nd

uru

ku

(MU

), K

uru

aya

(KU

)

•P

uru

bo

rá:

Pu

rub

orá

(PU

)

•R

amar

ama:

Kar

o(K

O)

•T

up

ari

-5

lan

gu

ages

•T

up

i-G

uar

ani:

40

lan

guag

es o

r dia

lect

s

(Rod

rigu

es198

6, 1

999

, Je

nse

n 1

999

, T

up

iC

om

par

ativ

e P

roje

ct,

Mu

seu

Em

ílio

Go

eld

i, B

razi

l, 2

006)

Proto

-Tu

pi

(40

00

-50

00

BP

)

Ra

ma

ram

a-P

uru

bo

Ju

run

a

Aw

eti-

Ma

wé-

Tu

pi

Gu

ara

ni

Tu

pari

A

rik

ém

M

on

M

un

du

ruk

u

Ra

ma

ram

a P

uru

bo

Aw

eti

M

aw

é

T

-G

K

aro

Pu

rub

orá

J

uru

na

A

wet

i M

aw

é

A

yu

ru

Kari

tia

na

M

un

du

ruk

u

X

ipa

ya

A

ku

nts

u

K

uru

ay

a

M

ak

ura

p

M

ekén

s

A

Tu

pa

ri

I

I

I I

II

IV

V

VI

VII

VII

I

S

ala

mãy

B

Su

rui

A

ruá

Ga

viã

o Z

oró

Cin

ta-L

arg

a

•H

ow

do

we

kn

ow

th

at T

up

ila

ng

uag

es r

eall

y

form

a g

enet

ic u

nit

?

•T

he

evid

ence

dis

cuss

ed i

n t

his

pre

sen

tati

on

wil

l b

e m

ain

ly p

ho

no

logic

al i

n n

atu

re:

ther

e

are

recu

rrin

g

soun

d

corr

esp

on

den

ces

(th

e

typic

al re

sult

of

soun

d ch

ang

e) in

co

gnat

es

(wo

rds

of

com

mo

n o

rig

in)

occ

urr

ing

to

day

amo

ng

al

l la

ng

uag

es

of

the

Tu

pi

sto

ck,

enab

lin

g u

s to

rec

onst

ruct

wo

rds

that

ex

iste

d

in t

he

mo

ther

lan

gu

age.

•R

od

rig

ues

(19

64

) h

yp

oth

esiz

es t

hat

th

e ho

mel

and

of

all

Tu

pi

lan

gu

ages

(w

her

e th

e sp

eak

ers

of

Pro

to-

Tu

pi

liv

ed)

was

in

th

e p

rese

nt

stat

e o

f R

on

nia

.

•R

on

nia

is p

ropo

sed

as

the

cen

ter

of

dis

per

sion

of

Tu

pi

peo

ple

s b

ecau

se l

angu

ages

bel

on

gin

g t

o 6

Tu

pi

fam

ilie

s ar

e st

ill

spo

ken

ther

e to

day

: A

rik

ém,

Mo

nd

é, P

uru

bo

ráR

amar

ama,

Tu

par

i(a

ll l

imit

ed t

o

Ro

nd

ônia

), a

nd

Tu

pi

Gu

aran

i (s

pre

ad w

idel

y i

n

Bra

zil

and

oth

er S

ou

th A

mer

ican

co

un

trie

s).

Tu

pi

Lan

gu

age

fam

ilie

s (e

xce

pt

Tu

pi-

Gu

aran

i):

Map

by R

od

rigu

es19

99

, m

od

ifie

d b

y S

tort

o

Tup

i-G

uar

ani

lan

guag

es:

Jen

sen

19

99

Ro

dri

gu

es (

19

85

) cl

ass

ifie

sT

up

i G

ua

ran

i la

ngu

ag

esin

8 s

ub

gro

up

s:

I:G

ua

ran

iA

nti

go,

Gu

ara

ni,

Mb

, X

etá

, 9

an

dev

a,

Ka

iwá

, G

ua

ya

kí,

T

ap

ieté

, C

hir

igu

an

o,

Izo

cen

o

(Arg

enti

na

, B

olí

via

, P

ara

gu

ay,

Bra

zil)

II:

Gu

ara

yo

, S

irio

, H

orá

(Bolí

via

)

III:

Tu

pi

An

tigo

, T

up

ina

mb

á(B

razi

l),

Kok

ám

a,

Om

águ

a

(Bra

zil,

Co

lom

bia

, P

eru

)

IV:

Ta

pir

ap

é,

Avá

, A

suri

ni

(To

c.),

S

uru

í(T

oc.

),

Pa

rak

an

ã, G

ua

jajá

ra,

Tem

(Bra

zil)

V:

Ka

ya

bí,

Asu

rin

í(X

ing

ú),

Ara

wet

é(B

razi

l)

VI:

Ap

iak

á,

Pa

rin

tin

tín

, T

up

i-K

aw

ah

íb (

Bra

zil)

VII

:K

am

ayu

rá(B

razi

l)

VII

I:G

uajá

, U

rub

ú,

Tu

riw

ára

, A

nam

bé,

A

ma

na

yé,

Ta

ku

ny

ap

é(B

razi

l),

Em

éril

lon

(F

ren

ch

Gu

ya

na),

Way

am

(Fre

nch

Gu

yan

a, B

razi

l)

•W

hen

Bra

zil

was

co

nqu

ered

by

the

Po

rtu

gu

ese

in 1

500

,

Tup

inam

(fir

st d

escr

ibed

by

Jo

séd

e A

nch

ieta

(1

59

5)

and

no

w e

xti

nct

) w

as s

po

ken

in

an

exte

nsi

ve

area

of

the

coas

t

of

Bra

zil

to th

e n

ort

h o

f R

io.

Old

G

uar

ani

was

sp

oken

sou

th o

f S

ão P

aulo

(fi

rst

des

crib

ed b

y R

uiz

de

Mo

nto

ya

(16

39

) an

d n

ow

ex

tin

ct).

T

upi,

a

ver

sio

n o

f T

up

inam

lack

ing

fin

al c

on

son

ants

(li

ke

Gu

aran

i),

was

sp

ok

en i

n S

ão

Pau

lo (

in t

he

city

of

São

Vic

ente

an

d i

n t

he

Up

per

Tie

Riv

er).

•C

hil

dre

n o

f m

ixed

mar

riag

es b

etw

een

Po

rtu

gu

ese

men

an

d i

ndig

eno

us

wo

men

sp

ok

e T

up

inam

bá,

an

d

the

lan

gu

age

gra

du

ally

ch

ang

ed u

nd

er t

he

infl

uen

ce

of

Po

rtu

gu

ese,

g

ener

atin

g a

lín

gua

fran

ca,

call

ed

Lín

gu

aG

eral

Pau

list

ao

r L

íng

ua

Bra

síli

ca,

that

bec

ame

the

mo

st c

om

mo

n l

ang

uag

e sp

ok

en i

n t

hat

regio

n

in

the

XV

IIth

cen

tury

. In

th

e X

VII

Ith

centu

ry t

his

lan

guag

e w

as r

epla

ced

by

Po

rtu

gu

ese:

“it

is t

rue

that

to

day

th

e fa

mil

ies

of

Po

rtu

gu

ese

and

the

India

ns

of

São

Pau

lo a

re s

o i

nte

rco

nn

ecte

d t

hat

…th

e la

ng

uag

e sp

oken

in

th

ese

fam

ilie

s is

th

at o

f

the

India

ns,

an

d

Po

rtug

ues

e is

le

arn

ed

by

th

e

chil

dre

n i

n s

cho

ol”

(Vie

ira

16

94,

apu

dR

od

rig

ues

19

86

)

In A

maz

ôn

ia,

a si

mil

ar s

itu

atio

n o

ccu

rred

, w

ith

Lín

gu

aG

eral

Am

azô

nic

ao

r N

hee

ng

atu

bei

ng

the

mo

st c

om

mo

n l

ang

uag

e sp

ok

en i

n t

he

stat

es

of

Mar

anh

ãoan

d

Par

áu

nti

l th

e X

VII

Ith

cen

tury

.

It i

s st

ill

spo

ken

to

day

by

in

dig

eno

us

and

no

n-

indig

enou

s p

eop

le i

n t

he

Up

per

Neg

ro R

iver

, in

the

stat

e of

Am

azo

nas

.

•E

ven

th

oug

h L

íng

ua

Ger

alP

auli

sta

is e

xti

nct

,

it h

ad g

reat

infl

uen

ce o

n B

razi

lian

Po

rtug

ues

e,

bei

ng

th

e so

urc

e of

lex

ical

bo

rro

win

gs

(an

imal

and

p

lan

t sp

ecie

s,

and

p

lace

n

ames

) an

d

per

hap

s g

ram

mat

ical

ch

ang

es.

•P

arag

uay

an

Gu

aran

i d

evel

oped

fr

om

O

ld

Gu

aran

i w

ith

in

fluen

ce

form

S

pan

ish

an

d

is

tod

ay o

ne

of

the

2 o

ffic

ial

lan

gu

ages

sp

ok

en i

n

Par

agu

ay.

Vo

cali

c co

rres

pond

ence

s in

Tu

pi

lang

uag

es:

Th

e P

roto

-Ari

kém

Vo

wel

Sh

ift

A c

ou

nte

r-cl

ock

wis

e v

ow

el s

hif

t to

ok

pla

ce i

n t

he

des

cent

of

Pro

to-T

upi

to P

roto

-Ari

kém

(su

gg

este

d b

y R

od

rig

ues

19

86

,

corr

ob

ora

ted

by

S

tort

o

&

Bal

di

19

94

, an

d

the

Tupi

Co

mp

arat

ive

Pro

ject

, 2

00

6):

eo

a

So

un

d C

han

ge

1:

Pro

to-T

up

ie

> P

roto

-Ari

kém

a

Ka

Ga

Me

Mu

Xi

Ko

Pu

Aw

Ma

TG

to s

leep

kat

két

Sét

-ket

ket

ate

t-k

et*

ker

nam

esa

t-s

et-t

et-p´t

etce

t-s

et-s

et*

er

leaf

sap

sep

ept ˆ

(e)p

win

gp

apˆ

pep

ó-

peb

oN

eba

seba

pep

o*

pep

o

to s

ay

/a/e

ze/e

-t/e

- /e

pig

soit

ata

ots

e-d

adZé

pro

n 2

sgãn

e ):t

e )te )n

ena

/e)t

e )t/e

nen

*en

de

husb

and

mãn

-met

-met

mena

me )n

men

*m

en

skin

pa

-pe

peo

nai-

pe

So

un

d C

han

ge

2:

Pro

to-T

up

i a

> P

roto

-Ari

kém

o

Ka

Ga

Me

Mu

Xi

Ko

Pu

Aw

Ma

TG

to f

all

/ot

-ala

-ak

ara

/at

aza

/at

/at

-a/a

t*/a

r

ho

to

kˆp

adô

:psa

ko

ptaSi

pja

pak

up

-aku

p*

akuB

fru

it/o

aá/a

/a/a/

/a/a

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day

o:t

át*/a

r

mo

on

oti

gát

ti

ká S

ita

t ˆw

atˆ

slo

tho/i

ai

a /i

a /i

So

un

d C

han

ge

3:

Pro

to-T

up

io/u

> P

roto

-Ari

kém

ˆ

Ka

Ga

Me

Mu

Xi

Ko

Pu

Aw

Ma

TG

win

gpapˆ

pep

ó-

peb

op

epo

*p

epo

pro

n 1

sgˆn

õ:t

õt

õn

una

/õn

õt

to e

at/ˆ

ko

/oSu

/o/o

/u- /

u*/u

fath

ers ˆ

p-z

op

-to

pto

p-t

up

au

p*tuB

big

t ˆat

óo

aso

cuhu

wat

uw

ato

*w

atSu

egg

s ˆp

io

pis

ato

psa

-up

i /a

up

i /a

*u

pi /

a

So

un

d C

han

ge

4:

Pro

to-T

up

i ˆ

> P

roto

-Ari

kém

e

Ka

Ga

Me

Mu

Xi

Ko

Pu

Aw

Ma

TG

tree

/ep

îip

kˆp

/ip

ipa

ma /ˆp

Ba /ˆp

~

/ip

/ˆp

arja/ˆ

p

*/ˆB

lou

seˆi

ta

gep

git

kˆp

kíp

kˆp

a /t ˆ

p

~t ˆ

k

akˆp

Nˆt

*kˆB

wat

eres

eii

ˆkˆ

idib

íij

aicˆ

/ˆˆ/ˆ

liqu

idse

ci

títi

a-c

i~-cˆ

Sere

dee

rde

i:ti

:ˆsˆˆ

itˆ

ˆdˆ

t ˆ-w

apat

ˆtˆˆ

eart

he ¯

kˆn

a-kˆj

k´j

ˆgan

ãˆj

ˆi*ˆj

Ka

Ga

Me

Mu

Xi

Ko

Pu

Aw

Ma

TG

mo

ther

ti-t

i~-d

i-s

iSí

t ˆt ˆ

*t Sˆ

mo

on

oti

tik

a Si

tat ˆ

waa

t ˆ*

jac ˆ

foo

tp

i-p

i~b

i-p

iso

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apa

pib

e/~

pi

Sibe

-pˆ

*pˆ

egg

sˆp

io

pis

ato

psa

dZi

au

pi/

a-u

pi/

a*

up

i/a

smo

ke

¯i)¯

ga

tiN

siã

tiN

hi N

*tiN

slo

tho/i

ai

a/i

a/i

PT

i c

orr

espo

nd

s to

i i

n P

roto

-Ari

kém

:

Ora

l v

ow

els

in t

he

10

Tup

ifa

mil

ies:

Kar

itia

na

Mek

éns

Xip

aya

Mu

nd

uru

ku

Su

ruí

i

ˆ

e

o

a

i

ˆ

e

o

a

i

ˆ

u

e

a

i e

´

o

a

i

ˆ

e

o

a

Kam

ayu

ráA

wet

iM

awé

i

ˆ

u

e

o

a

i

ˆ

u

e

o

a

i

ˆ

u

e

o

a

Pu

rub

orá

Kar

o

i

ˆ

u

e

´

o

a

i

ˆ

u

e

´

o

a

Ro

dri

gu

es(2

00

5)

pro

po

ses

a si

x v

ow

el s

yst

em f

or

Pro

to-T

upi,

th

e sa

me

as

that

of

the

Aw

eti-

Maw

é-T

up

iG

uar

ani.

He

assu

mes

th

e P

roto

-Ari

kém

Vo

wel

Sh

ift,

alt

ho

ug

h h

e b

elie

ves

u a

nd o

to

hav

e bee

n s

epar

ate

ph

on

emes

in

Pro

to-

Tup

i. T

he

sou

nd c

han

ges

on w

hic

h h

e b

ases

his

an

aly

sis

are

giv

en b

elo

w,

alo

ng

wit

h t

he

dat

a h

e p

rese

nts

to

sup

po

rt i

t:

So

un

d C

han

ge

1:

PT

a >

PM

un

du

ruk

ue

(aft

er P

T k

j )

AR

MO

TP

MU

JUR

AP

UA

WM

AT

G

fru

it

**/a

/o/a

/a/a

- /a

/a/a

/a*/a

to f

all

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pan

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wa /e)

wa /e)-

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ma /e)

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wa /

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p

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fat

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un

d C

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ge

2:

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o >

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nd

é, P

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Pu

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un

d C

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ge

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hand

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her

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efo

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roto

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he

Juru

na

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nd

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ku

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ilie

s, a

cco

rdin

g t

o r

od

rig

ues

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05

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ese

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ges

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urr

ed b

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ges

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ve

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u

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pˆtˆk

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hea

vy

**

po

c ˆj

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ip

atii

po

cip

oSi

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tu

pi /

tip

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j*

po

c ˆj

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t

po

tato

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wet

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jet ˆ

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th

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a /ˆ

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o

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aj

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a /i

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tree

,

woo

d

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k/ ˆ

p

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( /)i

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p/ˆ

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lice

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ho

ney

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r

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un

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ge

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emat

ic c

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in s

om

e co

nte

xts

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e i

n t

he

last

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amil

ies)

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un

d C

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un

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u w

as k

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ly i

n P

roto

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In

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ged

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o (

and i

n A

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aku

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ku

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pak

up

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u

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fath

er

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p

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t

wo

rm

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nso

nan

t C

orr

esp

on

den

ces

in P

roto

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i

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dri

gu

es(2

00

7)

hyp

oth

esiz

es 2

8 c

on

son

ants

fo

r P

roto

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to-T

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i C

on

son

anta

l C

har

t (R

od

rigu

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00

7)

pp

wt

tjc

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tS]

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p/

pw/

t/c/

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kw/

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nt

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mn

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wR

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Ro

dri

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es20

07

su

gg

ests

th

e fo

llo

win

g c

har

t fo

r th

e T

upi

fam

ily

of

lan

gu

ages

(fo

llo

win

g C

abra

l &

Ro

dri

gu

es2

00

2):

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iS

tock

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tern

bra

nch

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tern

bra

nch

PU

R

A

MO

T

U

AR

JU

M

U

MA

A

W

TG

Mo

stla

ngu

ages

hav

eth

efo

llow

ing

11 c

on

son

ants

(ran

ge

bet

wee

n11

an

d19

Cs)

:

A s

erie

s o

f v

oic

eles

sst

op

sp

t k

(lan

gu

ages

may

or

may

no

th

ave

a p

ho

nem

icg

lott

alst

op

).

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ser

ies

of

nas

als

man

dn

is p

rese

nt

in a

llla

ng

uag

es.

Tw

ola

ng

uag

esfa

ilto

hav

ea

vel

ar n

asal

:

Xip

aya,

an

d,

may

be,

Pu

rub

orá

. L

ang

uag

esm

ayo

rm

ayn

ot

hav

ea

pal

atal

nas

al.

•A

ser

ies

of

app

rox

iman

tsw

and

jth

atn

asal

ize

in n

asal

en

vir

on

men

ts(i

n s

om

e la

ng

uag

esth

ep

alat

al

gli

de

jan

dth

ep

alat

al n

asal

are

all

op

hon

esof

the

sam

ep

ho

nem

e, t

hat

can

be

ph

on

emic

ally

ora

l o

r

nas

al).

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ser

ies

of

vo

icel

ess

fric

ativ

ess

and

h,

that

nev

ero

ccu

rin

syll

abic

cod

ap

osi

tio

n.

Gav

ião

an

dM

ekén

s

hav

en

o h

, P

uru

bo

ráan

dA

wet

ih

ave

no

s;

the

form

erh

asa

po

st-a

lveo

lar

fric

ativ

ean

dth

ela

tter

has

z

and

ts.

Kar

itia

na

and

Mek

éns

hav

ets

as o

ne

of

the

real

izat

ion

so

f s.

•An

alv

eola

r ta

p.

p

t

k

m

n

N NNN

R RRR

s

h

w

j

Ka

rit

ian

a (

Arik

ém

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

pt

k

�asa

lsm

n¯̄̄̄

N NNN T

ap

R RRRF

rica

tive

ss

h

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

Th

ere

are

11

co

nso

nan

ts i

n K

arit

ian

a. B

esid

es m

an

d n

in

th

e n

asal

ser

ies,

the

lan

gu

age

also

has

N NNN a

nd

¯̄̄̄ (

wh

ere

j is

an

all

op

ho

ne

of

the

ph

on

eme ¯̄̄̄

in o

ral

envir

on

men

ts).

tS SSS

is

rare

, o

ccu

rrin

g i

n o

no

mat

op

oei

a o

r as

a r

eali

zati

on o

f [Ô ÔÔÔ

+t]

. T

he

glo

ttal

sto

p / ///

ex

ists

in

the

lan

gu

age,

bu

t is

co

nsi

der

ed e

pen

thet

ic,

that

is,

inse

rted

th

rou

gh

a p

ho

no

logic

al p

roce

ss a

s

the

on

set

of

on

setl

ess

stre

ssed

syll

able

s, w

ith

a f

ew e

xce

pti

on

s (S

tort

o 1

99

9).

Ga

viã

o (

Mon

dé f

am

ily

):

Bil

ab

ial

La

bio

-

den

tal

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

r

Sto

ps

p

b

t

dc

Ô ÔÔÔ

k

g

�asa

lsm

n¯̄̄̄

N NNN T

ap

R RRRF

rica

tive

sv

s

z

La

tera

l

Ap

pro

xim

an

t

l

In G

aviã

o t

her

e ar

e 1

7 c

on

son

ants

. T

he

vo

icel

ess

stop

ser

ies

incl

udes

a p

alat

al c

,

and

th

e n

asal

ser

ies

incl

udes

a p

alat

al ¯̄̄̄

an

d a

vel

ar N NNN

. G

lott

al s

top

s o

ccu

r li

mit

ed t

o w

ord

inte

rnal

po

siti

on

but

are

not

ph

on

emic

. G

aviã

o,

in a

dd

itio

n,

has

a c

om

ple

te s

erie

s o

f

vo

iced

sto

ps:

b,

d, Ô ÔÔÔ

and

g.

Th

ere

is n

o s

erie

s o

f ap

pro

xim

ants

in

Gav

ião

: it

do

es n

ot

hav

e

a w

, an

d j

is

no

t p

ho

nem

ic.

The

seri

es o

f vo

iced

fri

cati

ves

in

clu

des

v a

nd

z,

and

th

e

vo

icel

ess

seri

es h

as s

bu

t n

o h

. A

tap

R RRR a

nd

a l

iquid

l a

re a

lso

pre

sent

as p

ho

nem

es i

n t

he

lan

gu

age

(Mo

ore

19

84

).

Mek

én

s (T

up

ari

fam

ily

):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Vela

rP

ala

tal

La

bio

-

vela

r

Sto

ps

p

b

tk

g

kw

�asa

lsm

nN NNN

N NNNw

Tap

R RRRF

rica

tive

ss

Ap

pro

xim

an

ts(w

)j

Th

ere

are

13

co

nso

nan

ts i

n M

ekén

s, t

hat

has

a s

erie

s o

f vo

icel

ess

stop

s w

ith

th

e

usu

al l

abia

l, a

lveo

lar

and

vel

ar p

oin

ts o

f ar

ticu

lati

on

plu

s a

labio

-vel

ar k

w.

Th

e glo

ttal

stop

is

no

t p

ho

nem

ic,

sin

ce i

t is

op

tio

nal

in

ever

y p

lace

wh

ere

it o

ccu

rs.

Th

e nas

al s

erie

s

has

co

nso

nan

ts i

n t

he

sam

e p

oin

ts o

f ar

ticu

lati

on

as

the

vo

icel

ess

stop

ser

ies.

Th

e vo

iced

stop

ser

ies

incl

udes

b a

nd

g.

Th

e o

nly

fri

cati

ve

is s

. It

is

po

ssib

le t

hat

w i

s n

ot

a p

ho

nem

e,

bec

ause

it

is r

are

(Gal

úci

o 2

00

1).

Mu

nd

uru

ku

(M

un

du

ru

ku

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Post

-

alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

p

b

t

dk

/ ///�

asa

lsm

nN NNN

Tap

R RRRF

rica

tive

ss

S SSS

h

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

j

Aff

rica

tes

tS SSS

dZ ZZZ

Mu

nd

uru

ku

has

17

co

nso

nan

ts:

Th

e u

susa

l se

ries

of

vo

icel

ess

stop

s p

lus

a glo

ttal

sto

p / ///

, a

seri

es o

f vo

iced

sto

ps

b a

nd

d,

a se

ries

of

nas

als

wit

h m

, n

an

d N NNN

, af

fric

ates

tS SSS

and

dZ ZZZ,

fric

ativ

es s

, S SSS

and

h,

gli

des

w a

nd

j, an

d a

tap

R RRR (

Pic

anço

20

05

).

Xip

ay

a (

Ju

ru

na

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Post

-

alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

p

bt

dk

�asa

lsm

n

Tap

R RRRF

rica

tive

ss

z

S SSS

h

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

j

Aff

rica

tes

(tS SSS

)

dZ ZZZ

Th

ere

are

15

co

nso

nan

ts i

n X

ipay

a, t

hat

has

a s

erie

s o

f vo

icel

ess

stop

s w

ith

ou

t a

ph

on

emic

glo

ttal

sto

p,

a se

ries

of

vo

iced

sto

ps

b a

nd

d,

fric

ativ

es s

, z, S SSS

and

h,

and

th

e

affr

icat

e dZ ZZZ.

tS SSS

is e

xtr

emel

ly r

are

and

may

no

t b

e p

ho

nem

ic (

Ro

dri

gu

es,

C.

19

90

).

Ka

ro (

Ra

ma

ra

ma

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

p

bt

ck

g/ ///

�asa

lsm

nN NNN

Tap

sR RRR

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

j

Th

ere

are

13

co

nso

nan

ts i

n K

aro

: a

seri

es o

f vo

icel

ess

stop

s w

ith

c ccc a

nd

/ ///,

a n

asa

l se

ries

wit

h N NNN

, an

d a

ser

ies

of

vo

iced

sto

ps

wit

h b

an

d g

(G

abas

Jr.

19

99

).

Pu

ru

borá

(P

uru

borá

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pós-

alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

p

b

t

dk

/ ///�

asa

lsm

n¯̄̄̄

(N NNN)

Tap

R RRRF

rica

tive

sS SSS

(Z ZZZ

)h

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

Aff

rica

tes

(tS SSS)

It i

s d

iffi

cult

to

defi

ne

the

num

ber

of

con

son

anta

l p

ho

nem

es i

n P

uru

bo

rá,

since

the

lan

gu

age

that

su

rviv

es i

s k

no

wn

by t

wo

eld

erly

sp

eak

ers

wh

o h

ave

no

t b

een

usi

ng t

he

lan

gu

age

for

over

50

yea

rs,

bu

t it

is

bet

wee

n 1

3 a

nd

16

. T

he i

nven

tory

giv

en h

ere

is n

ot

pro

per

ly p

ho

nem

ic.

Th

e la

ngu

age

seem

s to

hav

e a

ph

on

emic

glo

ttal

sto

p,

a n

asal

ser

ies

wit

h ¯̄̄̄

(w

ith

j a

s o

ne

of

its

allo

ph

ones

) an

d p

erhap

s N NNN,

a v

oic

ed s

top

ser

ies

wit

h b

an

d d

(an

d m

ayb

e g

), f

rica

tives

S SSS (

inst

ead

of

s) a

nd

h (Z ZZZ

and

the

affr

icat

e tS SSS

are

mar

gin

al a

nd

pro

bab

ly n

ot

ph

on

emic

), a

nd

the

gli

de

w.

(Galú

cio

, per

son

al c

om

mu

nic

atio

n)

.

Maw

é (

Maw

é f

am

ily

):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

pt

k(/ ///

)

�a

sals

mn

N NNN T

ap

sR RRR

Fri

ca

tive

ss

h

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

j

Th

ere

are

12

co

nso

nan

ts i

n M

awé.

A g

lott

al s

top

can

be

per

ceiv

ed b

y e

ar,

bu

t is

nev

er

real

ized

as

a glo

ttal

sto

p i

n s

pec

tro

gra

ms,

ap

pea

rin

g a

s a

vo

iced

glo

ttal

ap

pro

xim

ant

or

as

lary

ngea

liza

tio

n i

n a

n a

dja

cen

t vo

wel

.

Aw

eti

(A

weti

fa

mil

y):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

pt

k/ ///

�a

sals

mn

N NNN T

ap

R RRRF

rica

tive

sz

(h)

Aff

rica

tes

ts

Ap

pro

xim

an

tsw

(l)

j

Th

ere

are

bet

wee

n 1

2 a

nd

14

co

nso

nan

ts i

n A

wet

i. T

he

fric

ativ

e h

may

no

t b

e a

ph

on

eme,

occ

urr

ing i

n d

issi

mil

atio

n p

roce

sses

. T

he

late

ral

app

rox

iman

t l

is m

argin

al, an

d m

ay n

ot

be

ph

on

emic

, o

ccu

rin

g i

n b

orr

ow

ings.

Aw

eti

has

th

e sa

me

inven

tory

as

Maw

é, e

xce

pt

that

it

has

a s

oli

d g

lott

al s

top

/ ///,

as w

ell

as z

. T

he

fric

ativ

e s

do

es n

ot

app

ear,

bu

t ts

occ

urs

inst

ead

(D

rud

e, p

erso

nal

com

mu

nic

atio

n).

Proto

Tu

pi-

Gu

ara

ni

(Ro

drig

ues

& D

ietr

ich

19

97

):

Bil

ab

ial

Alv

eo

lar

Pa

lata

lV

ela

rG

lott

al

Sto

ps

*p

*p

w

*p

j

*t

*ts

*k

*k

w

*k

j

*/ ///

�a

sals

*m

*m

w

*n

*N NNN

*N NNNw

Ta

p*R RRR

Aff

rica

tes

* tS SSS

Fri

ca

tive

s*B BBB

Ap

pro

xim

an

ts*w

*j

In T

up

i G

uar

ani

lan

gu

ages

we

hav

e, a

cco

rdin

g t

o R

odri

gu

es &

Die

tric

h (

19

97

), 1

9

con

son

ants

: th

e se

ries

*p

, *

pw,

*p

j , *

t, *

ts,

*tS SSS

, *

k,

*k

j , *

kw,

*/ ///

(th

at h

as v

oic

eles

s st

op

s

and

aff

rica

tes)

a n

asal

ser

ies

*m

, *

mw,

*n

, *N NNN

, *N NNN

w a

nd

the

seri

es *B BBB,

*R RRR,

*j,

*w

(th

at h

as

app

rox

iman

ts,

a ta

p a

nd

a f

rica

tive)

.

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efo

re i

Mak

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p:

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lly

Mek

éns:

p f

inal

ly a

nd

b m

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lly

MO

p w

ord

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ally

(in

Su

rui,

or

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RA

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