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Tuyuca language
1. Tuyuca language
Подготовила студенткагруппы ПиП 404
Салпагарова Марьям
2. Geography
Tuyuca is alanguage spoken by
the Tuyuca people,
indigenous ethnic
group who inhabit
Northwestern Brazil
and Southeastern
Colombia.
3. Basic information
• Alternate Names• Population
• Language Status
• Writing
Dochkafuara,
Tejuca
640 (2011)
6b(Threatened)
Latin script
4. Phonetics & Phonology
Phonetics & Phonology• Сonsonants: /p t k b d ɡ s r w j h/
• Vowels: /i ɨ u e a o/
• Syllable nasalization and pitch accent
5. Curious features
• Tuyuca is an "agglutinating" languageHoabasiriga
• 100 genders (noun classes)
• Clusivity of first-person pronouns
6. Numerals
Number1
2
3
4
5
10
Translation
sihkaɡá
pùaɡá
ihtĩáɡa
bahpáɾipa
sihkábõhêjêpa
pùabòhêjêpa
7. Numerals
NumberTranslation
sihkábõhêjêpehti ahpebò sihkaɡápêdĩpeaɾepa
6
pùabòpehti sihkadùhpó sihkaɡápêdĩpeaɾepa
11
pùabòpehti sihkadùhpópehtiɾepa
15
pùabòpehti pùadùhpópehtiɾépa
20
8. Grammar
• Five evidentiality paradigms:▫ visual
▫ nonvisual
▫ apparent
▫ secondhand
▫ assumed
díiga apéwi
díiga apéti
díiga apéji
díiga apéjigɨ
díiga apéhĩji