| Nukini | |
|---|---|
| Remo | |
| Nukuini | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Acre |
| Ethnicity | 600 (2012)1 |
| Extinct | late 20th century 3 rememberers (2007)2 |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nuc |
| Glottolog | nuku1263 |
| ELP | Nukini |
 Nukiní is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Nukini (Nukuini, Nuquini) is an obsolescent Panoan language of Brazil.3 In some historical texts the Nukini are also referred to as Inucuini, Nucuiny, Nukuini, Nucuini, Inocú-inins and Remo.45
As a result of contact with outsiders, there are currently few who speak Nukini as a mother tongue. The Nukini stopped passing on the language to their descendants, and the current generation speaks Portuguese.5 The language has been taught in schools since 2000.2
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occlusive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | ||
| voiced | v | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Orthography
The language uses 18 letters.2
Notes
Notes
- Nukini language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Aguiar, Maria S. de (2007), "The Brazilian Panoan Languages", Language Endangerment and Endangered Languages: Linguistic and Anhropological Studies with Special Emphasis on the Languages and Cultures of the Andean-Amazonian Border Area, Lenguas Indígenas de América Latina (ILLA), vol. 5, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Universiteit Leiden, pp. 39–50, retrieved 2025-09-25
- W. Fleck, David (October 10, 2013). "Panoan Languages and Linguistics". Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (99): 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 1 July 2025). hdl:2246/6448.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) - Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- "Nukini - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
- Okidoi, Aline (2004). Descrição fonológica preliminar da língua indígena Nukini-Pano (masters thesis). Florianópolis: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.