Ingarikó language

E767335

The Ingarikó language is a Cariban language spoken by the Ingarikó (Kapon) people of northern Brazil and neighboring regions, closely associated with other Kapon and Pemon varieties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language
indigenous language of South America
language
alternativeName Kapon language (Ingarikó variety)
linked to: Ingarikó language
closelyRelatedTo Akawaio language
Patamona language
Pemon language
country Brazil
ethnolinguisticAssociation Ingarikó ethnic identity
family Cariban
linked to: Carib
geneticRelationship part of the Kapon cluster of Cariban languages
hasLinguisticFeature postpositions rather than prepositions
rich verbal morphology
verb-final tendencies typical of many Cariban languages
languageFamilyBranch Venezuelan branch of Cariban
macroRegion Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin
region Guiana Highlands
border area of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela
spokenBy Ingarikó people
Kapon people
linked to: Kapon peoples
spokenIn Brazil
Roraima (state)
linked to: Roraima

northern Brazil
status endangered language
minority language
subfamily Kapon
usedFor daily communication within Ingarikó communities
oral tradition
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Makushi language closelyRelatedTo Ingarikó language
Akawaio language hasDialectContinuumWith Ingarikó language
Akawaio language neighboringLanguages Arekuna (Ingarikó) language
linked to: Ingarikó language
Patamona language closelyRelatedTo Ingarikó language
Ingarikó language alternativeName Kapon language (Ingarikó variety)
linked to: Ingarikó language
Guianan Carib hasSubgroup Ingarikó language
Kapon relatedTo Ingarikó language
Kapon languages hasMember Ingarikó language
Acawayo isRelatedTo Ingarikó language