Kwaza in a Comparative Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5098074
AutoresHein Van Der Voort (0000-0002-9944-6816, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen71
Número4
Páginas365-412
Fecha de publicación2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/501245
OpenAlexW2161566490
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas17

In view of the previous sparsity of data, the existing claims with regard to a genealogical classification of the Aikanã, Kanoê, and Kwaza languages of Rondônia, on the Brazilian side of the Guaporé River, are premature and unconvincing. Here, I present new data that contain some striking similarities on lexical, phonological, and grammatical levels. Although these data could point to a distant relationship between the three languages, the evidence is not conclusive and it remains problematical to distinguish possible cognates from areal traits or from chance similarities. Therefore, these three languages must still be considered as unclassified. Swadesh's list of 100 basic words in the three languages is included in an appendix

Categorization, perception, and language · Language and cultural evolution · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation