Hixkaryana language

Hixkaryána
Native toBrazil
RegionUpper Nhamundá River, Amazonas
Native speakers
600 (2000)[1]
Carib
Language codes
ISO 639-3hix
Glottologhixk1239
ELPHixkaryana
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Hixkaryana /ˌhɪʃkæriˈɑːnə/[2] is one of the Cariban languages, spoken by just over 500 people on the Nhamundá River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of around a dozen languages that are described as having object–verb–subject word order (initially by linguist Desmond C. Derbyshire).[3]

  1. ^ Hixkaryána at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. ^ Kalin, Laura. "Hixkaryana: The Syntax of OVS Word Order" (PDF). University of Arizona. Retrieved 12 January 2022.[dead link‍]