Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical description is available.

It was spoken on the São Francisco River islands, in the Cabrobó area of Pernambuco.[2]

Phonology

Phonology of the Dzubukua language:[2]

Consonants

Vowels

Vowel sounds are presented as [i, ɨ, u, e, o, a] and [œ] which is written out as a double vowel oe. Nasal vowels are pronounced as [ɐ̃, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ] along with nasalized double vowels oê and aê, not pronounced as diphthongs, but as nasalized monophthongs [œ̃, æ̃].[2]

Vocabulary

Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Dzubukuá word list

For an extensive vocabulary list of Dzubukuá by de Queiroz (2008),[2] see the corresponding Portuguese article.

References