| Puruborá | |
|---|---|
| Kujubi | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Ethnicity | 243 Puruborá (2014) |
Native speakers | 2 (2015) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pur |
| Glottolog | puru1264 |
| ELP | Puruborá |
| Linguasphere | 88-HAA-aa |
The Puruborá language of Brazil is one of the Tupian languages. It is also known as Aurã, Cujubim, Burubora, Kuyubi, Migueleno, Miguelenho or Pumbora. Specifically, it is spoken in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in Costa Marques and around the headwaters of the Rio São Miguel tributary of the right bank of the Guaporé. It is nearly extinct, with only two native speakers (and 243 in the ethnic group in 2014) reported in 2015.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ||||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ʃ | h | |||
| voiced | ʒ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Mid | ẽ | ə ə̃ | o õ |
| Open-mid | ɛ | (ɔ) | |
| Open | a ã |
[ɔ] may also be heard as an allophone of /o/.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
| gloss | Puruborá |
|---|---|
| one | múm |
| two | wewáb |
| three | bokód-wewáb |
| head | azyá |
| ear | zapetó |
| tooth | inká |
| hand | wapitái |
| woman | bagoyá |
| water | zereré |
| fire | ndamizyá |
| stone | muruá |
| maize | zyiá |
| tapir | taní |
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
 | This Tupian languages–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |