| Abipón | |
| States: | Argentina |
| Ethnicity: | Abipón people |
| Extinct: | 19th century |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Guaicuruan |
| Fam2: | Southern |
| Iso3: | axb |
| Linglist: | axb.html |
| Glotto: | abip1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Abipon |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Map: | Patagonian lang.png |
| Mapcaption: | Map with approximate distributions of languages in Patagonia at the time of the Spanish conquest. Source: W. Adelaar (2004): The Andean Languages, Cambridge University Press. |
The Abipón language was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan[1] family that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people. Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century.[2]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Plosive/Affricate | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Liquid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
| Front | Back/Central | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Closed | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[3]