Maká bụ asụsụ Matacoan nke ndị Maká na-asụ na Argentina na Paraguay. Ndị ọkà okwu [1] 1,500 bi na Ngalaba Presidente Hayes dị nso na Río Negro, yana n'ime na gburugburu Asunción.

Maká
MakáTempleeti:Infobox Language/pronunciation
Spoken in:
  • Argentina
  • Paraguay 
Region: Presidente Hayes Department, Asunción
Total speakers: 1,500
Language family: Matacoan
 Maká
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: mca

Templeeti:Infobox Language/IPA

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

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Mkpụrụ okwu Velar na-agbanwe agbanwe na ụdaume palatal n'ihu /e/ na mgbe ụfọdụ n'ihu/a/. Ihe atụ gụnyere /keɬejkup/ ~ [ceɬejkup] "oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ" na /exeʔ/ ~ [eçeʔ] "stork". [2] na-achọpụta /j/ dị ka fricative [ç] n'ihu /i/, dịka na /inanjiʔ/ ~ [inançiʔ].

Mkpụrụedemede
N'ihu Ịlaghachi azụ
Elu i u
N'etiti na o
Ala Dị Ala a

Mkpụrụ okwu na Maká nwere ike ịbụ ụdị V, VC, CV, CCV, na CCVC. Mgbe ụyọkọ ụdaume pụtara na mmalite nke mkpụrụedemede, ụdaume nke abụọ ga-abụ /x/, /h/, /w/, ma ọ bụ /j/.

Ọdịdị

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Mmekọahụ

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Maká nwere ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị abụọ - nwoke na nwanyị. Ihe ngosi na-egosipụta okike nke aha (Gerzenstein 1995:153:

Aha nwoke Aha ụmụ nwanyị
   
   

N'ọtụtụ, a na-egbochi ọdịiche nwoke na nwanyị, na ọtụtụ ngosipụta bụ otu ihe ahụ dị ka otu nwanyị:   

Ọnụ ọgụgụ

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Aha Maká na-agbanwe maka ọtụtụ. E nwere ọtụtụ njedebe dị iche iche: -l, -wi, Vts, na -Vy. Osisi niile na-ewere -wi otutu, mana ma ọ bụghị ya nhọrọ yiri ka ọ bụ ihe a na-apụghị ịkọwapụta (Gerzenstein 1995:150):

otu ọtụtụ ịma mma
Ndị Hibru Ụzọ e si eme ya ala (s)
naxkax naxkax-wi osisi (s)
tenuk tenuk-its nwamba (s)

Ihe omuma

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Maká enweghị akara ọ bụla doro anya na aha. Tụlee ahịrịokwu na-esonụ, ebe isiokwu ma ọ bụ ihe na-egosi ihe ọ bụla (Gerzenstein 1995:139):  

Nkwekọrịta ya na onye nwe ya

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Nkwekọrịta ya na isiokwu ya

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Ngwaa na-ekwekọrịta na isiokwu na ihe ha n'usoro dị mgbagwoju anya. Gerzenstein (1995) na-akọwa ụdị njikọ ise maka ngwaa intransitive. Ihe atụ abụọ na-esonụ na-egosi ngwaa intransitive site na klas 1 na 3.

ịma jijiji (nke atọ) ịgba egwú (nke mbụ)
1 tsi-kawelik 'M na-ama jijiji' taa-Otoy 'M na-agba egwú'
2 łan-kawelik 'ị na-ama jijiji' ł-otoy 'ị na-agba egwú'
3 ya-kawelik 'ọ na-ama jijiji' t-otoy 'ọ na-agba egwú'
1pl gụnyere xiyi-kawelik 'anyị (gụnyere) na-ama jijiji' xit-otoy 'anyị (gụnyere) ịgba egwú'

Okwu ndị nwere ajụjụ wh na-egosi okwu ajụjụ mmalite nke ahịrịokwu. Maká nwere obere ndepụta nke okwu ajụjụ, nwere naanị mmadụ atọ: łek 'onye, ihe', pan 'nke, ebe, ole', na inhats'ek 'ihe kpatara ya'. Ihe atụ na-esonụ na-egosi ahịrịokwu ajụjụ na okwu ajụjụ mbụ (Gerzenstein 1995:178:  

Edensibia

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Maká enweghị akara ọ bụla doro anya na aha. Tụlee ahịrịokwu na-esonụ, ebe isiokwu ma ọ bụ ihe na-egosi ihe ọ bụla

  • Nchịkọta asụsụ Argentinian nke Ana Gerzenstein, nke nwere ihe ndekọ ọdịyo nke Maká, site na Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America.
  • Maca (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

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