Pemon language

Spoken in

• Caribbean Pemon (language)

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Pemón is the language of the Pemon Indians. It belongs to the Caribbean languages. The language is primarily spoken in Gran Sabana, Venezuela.

• 2.1 pronouns
• 2.2 verbs
• 2.3 lexis

Phonetics

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Vowels

The Pemon language has the following vowels:

A: / a /

E: / e / or / ε:

I: / i /

ï or above: / i

O: / o / and / ø /

ö: / ø / or / ə / (similar to the German ö )

U: / u / (similar to the German ü)

Consonants

B, p ( depending on the region, once voiced as b, or unvoiced as p )

Ch (similar to the German and French ch, depending on the region even sharper s, eg cho'chi or sochi )

D ( often changes into y, Kavanadén or Kavanayen )

K ( n sounds like g)

R ( r is always soft, very similar to the l)

S ( soft s between vowels, eg tüse )

T ( is pronounced after n often as d, entana or endana )

M, n, n, V, W, Y

Grammar

The Pemon language has no articles. There are no prepositions, but postpositions

Pronouns

The following table shows the pronouns and Nominalaffixe:

Verbs

The verbs are usually at the end of the sentence or between direct object and subject. There are prefixes and suffixes to identify the person and number. The pronouns are appended.

Lexis

The Pemon is closely related to other Caribbean languages. Here are some words in Pemón and in Cumanagota ( Khaimah) and Tamanaku ( Tamañkú ). The words in these last two languages ​​were written by Alexander von Humboldt. The North also Caribbean Pémono language along the Upper Río Majagua is not identical with Pemón, but is the Yabarana, Mapoyo and Tamanaku ( Tamañkú ) near.