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Akurio language
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<h2 id="status">Status</h2> <p>The last native speaker is believed to have died in the first decade of the 2000s. During this period, only 10 people were estimated to have Akuriyó as a second language. By 2012, only two semi-speakers remained.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>Sepi Akuriyó, one of the last surviving speakers of Akuriyó, went missing 2 December 2018, when a small plane carrying 8 people disappeared during a flight over the <a href="/facts/Amazon_rainforest/MGVatclX">Amazon rainforest</a>. The search and rescue operation was called off after two weeks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2> Akurio consonants<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Bilabial</th><th>Alveolar</th><th>Palatal</th><th>Velar</th><th>Glottal</th></tr><tr><th>Plosive</th><td>p</td><td>t</td><td></td><td>k</td><td>ʔ</td></tr><tr><th>Approximant</th><td></td><td></td><td>t̠ʃ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Nasal</th><td>m</td><td>n</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Tap or Flap</th><td></td><td>ɾ</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Approximant</th><td></td><td></td><td>j</td><td>w</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> Akurio vowels<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Front</th><th>Central</th><th>Back</th></tr><tr><th>Close</th><td>i iː</td><td></td><td>u uː</td></tr><tr><th>Close-mid</th><td>e eː</td><td></td><td>o oː</td></tr><tr><th>Central</th><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Open</th><td>a aː</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Akuriyó at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) <a href="https://www.ethnologue.com/25/language/ako" target="_blank">https://www.ethnologue.com/25/language/ako</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"A scandal in the Amazon - where pilots are forced to lie". BBC News. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47585703" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47585703</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Meira, Sérgio (1998). A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Morphology (PDF) (masters thesis). Rice University. <a href="https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Ameira-1998/meira_1998_proto-taranoan.PDF" target="_blank">https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Ameira-1998/meira_1998_proto-taranoan.PDF</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Meira, Sérgio (1998). A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Morphology (PDF) (masters thesis). Rice University. <a href="https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Ameira-1998/meira_1998_proto-taranoan.PDF" target="_blank">https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Ameira-1998/meira_1998_proto-taranoan.PDF</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>