Dzubukuá language
# Dzubukuá language

Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical description is available.

It was spoken on the São Francisco River islands, in the Cabrobó area of Pernambuco.

## Phonology

Phonology of the Dzubukuá language:

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k | |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | |
| Affricate | voiceless | | t͡s | | | |
| Affricate | voiced | | d͡z | | | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | | | | h |
| Liquid | lateral | | l | | | |
| Liquid | rhotic | | ɾ | | | |
| Semivowel | Semivowel | w | | j | | |

### Vowels

Vowel sounds are presented as [i, ɨ, u, e, o, a] and [œ] which is written out as a double vowel oe. Nasal vowels are pronounced as [ɐ̃, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ] along with nasalized double vowels oê and aê, not pronounced as diphthongs, but as nasalized monophthongs [œ̃, æ̃].

## Vocabulary

For an extensive vocabulary list of Dzubukuá by de Queiroz (2008), see the corresponding Portuguese article.

