Kipea language

Kipeá
Kariri
Native to	Brazil
Region	between Bahia and Maranhão
Ethnicity	Kiriri people
Extinct	mid 20th century
Language family	Macro-Gê Karirian Kipeá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	included in kzw
Glottolog	`kipe1235`^[1]

Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.

Grammar

The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.^[2]

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kipea". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ "Feature 20A: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives". WALS. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

Macro-Jê languages

Jê

Northern	Jaikó

Central	Acroa Xakriabá Xavante Xerente

Northwest	Apinayé Canela Kreye Mẽbengokre Panará Suyá Timbira

Kaingáng	Guayana Ingain Kaingáng São Paulo Kaingáng Xokleng

Krenák

Borôro

Kamakã

Karirí

Maxakalían

Purían

Coropó
Purí

Yabutian

Other

Italics indicate extinct languages

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