As relações entre cultura, na fala e nas artes verbais do povo Tumbalalá através de um estudo lexical

Abstract

This research emerges in the field of Socio-historical Historical Linguistics and explores ethnolinguistics and lexicology, aiming to investigate the contribution of Kariri-Dzubukuá language lexemes present in the traditional songs and speech of the Tumbalalá people to the formation of Brazilian Portuguese. It highlights the profound relationship of the Tumbalalá people with their ancestral songs and culture, seeking to understand the mechanisms of linguistic and cultural influence between indigenous languages and the Portuguese language in this specific context, and through this understanding, to develop a glossary of the lexemes found. The Tumbalalá, the main contributors to this research, traditionally inhabit the hinterland of Pambu, encompassing the municipalities of Abaré and Curaçá-BA, on the banks of the São Francisco River. Religious missions and catechism in the Kariri Dzubukuá language took place there, leading to the production of the “Katecismo Indico da Língua Kariri” (1709) by Father Bernardo de Nantes. This study will be conducted primarily through field research with the Tumbalalá people, involving interviews and audiovisual recordings for analysis. The research is bibliographic and descriptive. In addition to contributing to knowledge about the linguistic reality of the Tumbalalá people, it may also contribute to understanding their culture, identity, and social history through their lexicon, this study also offers insight into the indigenous languages of the Kariri family in the Sertão region, especially Dzubukuá, which were supplanted by Tupi and Portuguese. The study also serves as a contribution to the process of linguistic recovery of the Tumbalalá people.