Kwaza in a Comparative Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5098074
AutoresHein Van Der Voort (0000-0002-9944-6816, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume71
Fascículo4
Páginas365-412
Data de publicação2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/501245
OpenAlexW2161566490
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências 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