A Reference Grammar Of Kotiria (Wanano) (Studies In The Native Languages Of The Americas)

This volume is the first descriptive grammar of Kotiria (Wanano), a member of the eastern Tukanoan language family spoken in the Vaupes River basin of Colombia and Brazil in the northwest Amazon rain forest. The Kotirias, who have lived in this remote region for more than seven hundred years, participate in the complex Vaupés social system, characterized by long-standing linguistic and cultural interaction. The Kotirias remained relatively isolated from the dominant societies until the early part of the twentieth century, when increasing outside influence in the region triggered rapid social and linguistic change. Today the Kotirias number only about sixteen hundred people, and their language, though still used in traditional communities, is in risk of becoming endangered.

• | Author: Kristine Stenzel
• | Publisher: University Of Nebraska Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 530 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0803249276
• | ISBN-13: 9780803249271