Variation of the Word isóg (“I”) in Kaingang Indigenous Land of Paraná

a diatopic Study

Abstract

This work analyzes how the first person singular isóg is pronounced, performed in four different ways: isóg, sóg, só, ijóg; the first two variants are considered standard and the last two non-standard variants. The standard variants of the language were defined by the speakers themselves and are considered the conservative variation. This is an experience in geolinguistic research, which focuses on the variation of this term in some Indigenous Lands (IL) located in Paraná. To carry out this work, collaborators from Apucaraninha, Barão de Antonina, Mococa (whose pronunciation was isóg), Queimadas, Ivaí, Faxinal, Marrecas (ijóg) and Rio das Cobras (só), and sóg was not pronounced by any of the collaborators. The analysis was made from transcripts of conversations recorded in audio by the WhatsApp application, methodological adaptation necessary due to the coronavirus pandemic. Based on Geolinguistics budgets, a man and a woman from each indigenous land were chosen for this regional study. The results obtained were that there is a phonological variation in the word isóg (“I”), in the ILs located in the south of Paraná, in relation to the variant considered standard.