Juma dialect

Júma is one of the eight ethnic varieties of the Kagwahiva language, which belongs to Subgroup VI of the Tupi-Guarani languages. The most elderly native speaker, called Aruka Juma, died in 2021.

Documentation

The language has been documented since 2019 through the recording of vocabulary lists, traditional narratives, everyday stories, etc. Some of the texts can accessed through the website of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages.

Phonology

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Vowels

There are no supersegmentals, including stress.