Pemon language

E208122

Pemon language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Pemon people of southeastern Venezuela and neighboring regions of Brazil and Guyana.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pemon language canonical 3
Panare (Eʼñepa) language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language
indigenous language
natural language
basicWordOrder SOV
country Bolívar state, Venezuela
linked to: Bolívar State
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottocode pemo1247
hasAlternativeName Pemon-Carib
linked to: Pemon

Pemón
hasCaseMarking postpositional
hasClauseType relative clauses formed with particles
hasDialect Arekuna
Ingarikó
Taurepán
hasDocumentation grammars and dictionaries produced by linguists and missionaries
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNegationStrategy uses particles for clausal negation
hasNeighboringLanguage Akawaio language
Macushi language
linked to: Makushi language

Patamona language
hasNumeralSystem decimal-based with some traditional terms
hasOrthographyStatus standardized to a limited extent
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
voiceless stops
hasPronounSystem distinguishes person and number
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous communities in Canaima National Park area
hasStressPattern predominantly penultimate stress
iso639-3Code aoc
isPartOf indigenous cultural heritage of the Guiana Shield
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Pemon communities
languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
region Roraima, Brazil
linked to: Roraima

border areas of Guyana
southeastern Venezuela
spokenBy Pemon people
linked to: Pemon
spokenIn Brazil
Gran Sabana region
linked to: Gran Sabana

Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Venezuela
subfamily Venezuelan Carib
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
ritual practices
usedIn community education materials
local radio programs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carib languages hasNotableLanguage Pemon language
Carib languages hasNotableLanguage Panare (Eʼñepa) language
linked to: Pemon language
Pemon language Pemon language
Makushi language closelyRelatedTo Pemon language