Harsunan Kariri

The Karirí languages, generally considered dialects of a single language, are a group of languages formerly spoken by the Kiriri people of Brazil. It was spoken until the middle of the 20th century; the 4,000 ethnic Kiriri are now monolingual Portuguese speakers, though a few know common phrases and names of medicinal plants. A revival of the Dzubukuá variety has been ongoing since 1989.

 Tarihi 
Bayan an kori Dutch daga Arewa maso gabashin Brazil a karni na 17, mazauna Portuguese sun mamaye yankin da sauri, suna tilasta masu magana da Kariri su zama masu warwatse saboda tilasta ƙaura da sake zama. Saboda haka, yarukan Kariri sun warwatse a fadin Paraíba, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, da sauran jihohi.

 Harsuna 
Harsunan Kariri guda huɗu da aka sani (ko yaruka) sune:

 Kipeá (Quipea, Kiriri) 
 Kamurú (Camuru, White Stone) 
 Dzubukuá (Dzubucua, Kariri) 
 Sabujá (Sapoyá) 

Akwai ɗan gajeren bayanin ilimin lissafi  da kuma catechism  a cikin Kipeá, catechism a Dzubukuá,  da jerin kalmomi don Kamurú da Sabujá  Bayanan ilimin lissafi na zamani suna samuwa ga Kipeá  da Dzubukuá.  Ribeiro ya kafa ta hanyar nazarin yanayin cewa Kariri na iya kasancewa da alaƙa da yarukan Jê. Wannan yanzu ana jayayya da shi.

 Loukotka (1968) 
Da ke ƙasa akwai cikakken jerin harsunan Kiriri da yaruka da aka jera ta Loukotka (1968), gami da sunayen nau'ikan da ba a tabbatar da su ba.

 Kiriri / Quipea / Quiriri - da farko ana magana da shi a cikin Serra dos Velhos, jihar Paraíba, daga baya a tsoffin manufofi na Missão Velha, Missão Nova, Milagres, Crato, da sauransu, a cikin jihohin Paraíba. Yanzu gaba ɗaya ya ƙare, kuma waɗanda suka tsira suna magana da Portuguese kawai.
 Kariri / Dzubucua / Cariri - yaren da ba a taɓa magana a tsibirin Kogin São Francisco kusa da Cabrobó, Pernambuco . Yanzu sun ƙare, kuma waɗanda suka tsira na ƙarshe suna magana da Portuguese kawai.
 Sapuyá / Sabuya - yaren da ba a taɓa magana da shi ba a Serra Chapada, daga baya a Caranguejo, Bahia
 Kamurú - da farko ana magana da shi a Kogin Pardo da Pedra Branca; waɗanda suka tsira na ƙarshe a Kogin Gongogi suna magana da Portuguese kawai.

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