Kipea language
Kipeá, or Kariri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.Documentation
Kipeá is well documented by Luiz Mamiani, a Jesuit priest who wrote a grammar and catechism of the Kipeá language during the late 1600s.Grammar
The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.Phonology of the Kipeá language:
A voiced plosive can have an allophone of .
| Front | Central | Back |
| High | | ɨ | |
| Mid | ẽ | | õ |
| Low | | ã | ɑ̃ |
