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Nukini language

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Nukini
Remo
Nukuini
Native toBrazil
RegionAcre
Ethnicity600 (2012)[1]
Extinctlate 20th century
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Poyanawa
        • Nukini
Language codes
ISO 639-3nuc
Glottolognuku1263
ELPNukini

Nukini (Nukuini, Nuquini) is an obsolescent Panoan language of Brazil.[2] In some historical texts the Nukini are also referred to as Inucuini, Nucuiny, Nukuini, Nucuini, Inocú-inins and Remo.[3][4]

As a result of contact with outsiders, there are currently few who speak Nukini as a mother tongue. The Nukini stopped passing on the language to their descendants, and the current generation speaks Portuguese.[4]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Occlusive voiceless p t k
voiced b
Nasal m n
Tap ɾ
Fricative voiceless f s x
voiced v
Approximant w j

Notes

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  1. ^ Nukini language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ W. Fleck, David (October 10, 2013). "Panoan Languages and Linguistics". Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (99): 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 3 April 2025). hdl:2246/6448.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)
  3. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  4. ^ a b "Nukini - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  5. ^ Okidoi, Aline (2004). Descrição fonológica preliminar da língua indígena Nukini-Pano (masters thesis). Florianópolis: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.