Munduruku languages explained

Mundurukú
Region:	Brazil
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Tupian
Child1:	Munduruku
Child2:	Kuruáya
Glotto:	mund1329
Glottorefname:	Mundurukuic

The Mundurukú languages of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family. They are Munduruku and the extinct Kuruáya.

Varieties

Loukotka (1968) lists the following names for Mundurucú language varieties, including names of unattested varieties.^[1]

• Mundurucú / Paiquizé / Pari / Weidéñe - originally spoken along the Tapajós River, now on the Urariá River and Maué-assú River, Amazonas.
• Kuruáya / Caravare / Curivere / Guahuara / Curuapa - spoken on the Curua River, now perhaps extinct.

Proto-language

Some Proto-Mundurukú reconstructions by Picanço (2005) are as follows.^[2]

English gloss	Proto-Mundurukú
wild cat	sipɔrɔ
macaw, sp.	sipaLa
It burned.	o-si-pik
bird	oasɨ̃
manioc	masɨk
	kosɨ
fish, sp.	isɨe
snake	pɨy
leaf	tɨp / **Lɨp
sling	tobɨy / **Lobɨy
my cultivated garden	o-kɨʔ
an old lady	abɨt
the day after tomorrow	kɨyaCe
to go	Cɨ / **Dɨ
my name	o-bɨtet
It's cold.	i-Cɨk
Who?	abɨ
my finger/hand	o-bɨʔ
It's smoked.	i-pɨrɨk
piquia tree	ʃaʔip
fire/firewood	Laʃa
I slept.	oʃet
ant, sp.	wiʃaʔ
fish, sp.	Laʃew/oy
chief	toʃaw
louse	kip
child	bɨkit
mosquito	tʃik
be hot	takjVp

Notes and References

1. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka

   . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.

2. Picanço, Gessiane Lobato. 2005. Munduruku: Phonetics, phonology, synchrony, diachrony. Doctoral dissertation, University of Vancouver.