Palmela language

Palmela
Palmela
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia
Extinct	by 1954
Language family	Cariban (unclassified) Palmela; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	palm1241
Linguasphere	80-AJA-aa

Palmela (Palmella) is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. By 1954, only one elderly man, Andre Paix, could remember a few words of his language. According to Terrence Kaufman (2007), Palmela was phonologically divergent from other Cariban languages.

References

1 2 Becker-Donner, Etta (1956). "Archäologische Funde am mittleren Guaporé (Brasilien)" (PDF). Archiv für Völkerkunde. 11: 202–249.
↑ da Fonseca, João Severiano (1881). Viagem ao Redor do Brasil 1875-1878. Vol. II. Rio de Janeiro: Typographia de Pinheiro.
↑ Erland Nordenskiöld (1915). Forskningar och äventyr i Sydamerika.
↑ Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher, eds. (2007). "The native languages of South America". Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). ISBN 9781315829845.

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[Becker-Donner-1] 1 2 Becker-Donner, Etta (1956). "Archäologische Funde am mittleren Guaporé (Brasilien)" (PDF). Archiv für Völkerkunde. 11: 202–249.

[2] Fonseca, João Severiano (1881). Viagem ao Redor do Brasil 1875-1878. Vol. II. Rio de Janeiro: Typographia de Pinheiro.

[3] Erland Nordenskiöld (1915). Forskningar och äventyr i Sydamerika.

[4] Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher, eds. (2007). "The native languages of South America". Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). ISBN 9781315829845.