Akurio, also known as Akuriyó, is an endangered Cariban language that was used by the Akurio people in Suriname until the late 20th century, when the group began using the Trío language. Akuriyo does not have a writing system.
| Akuriyó | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Suriname |
| Ethnicity | 40 Akurio people (2012)[1] |
| Extinct | 2000s[1] 2 semi-speakers (2012) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ako |
| Glottolog | akur1238 |
| ELP | Akuriyo |
  Akuriyó | |
| Coordinates: 3°12′N 55°38′W / 3.200°N 55.633°W | |
Status
editThe last native speaker is believed to have died in the first decade of the 2000s, at which time only 10 people were estimated to have Akuriyó as a second language. By 2012, only two semi-speakers remained.[1]
Sepi Akuriyó, one of the last surviving speakers of Akuriyó, went missing 2 December 2018, when a small plane carrying 8 people disappeared during a flight over the Amazon rainforest. A search and rescue operation was called off after two weeks.[2]
Phonology
edit| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Approximant | t̠ʃ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Close-mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Central | |||
| Open | a aː |
References
edit- ^ a b c Akuriyó at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "A scandal in the Amazon - where pilots are forced to lie". BBC News. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b Meira, Sérgio (1998). A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Morphology (PDF) (masters thesis). Rice University.
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