Aché
Aché is a Tupian language spoken in Paraguay. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.
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Words in Aché
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | aCe* | |
| name | b3kuap3re* | |
| eye | Ca7a* | |
| ear | nabi* | |
| nose | p3ta* | |
| tooth | a7a* | |
| tongue | kbere* | |
| hand | ipo* | |
| blood | bu373* | |
| bone | ika* | |
| skin | pire* | |
| knee | kmana* | |
| breast | ka7a* | |
| liver | p3a7a* | |
| water | 373* | |
| fire | tata | |
| sun | kre373* | |
| star | tata3wat3* | |
| stone | ita* | |
| mountain | kua7a* | |
| tree | w3ra* | |
| leaf | w3rao7o* | |
| night | Cawa* | |
| dog | baegi* | |
| fish | pira | |
| louse | k3* | |
| one | etakra* | |
| two | miro* | |
| I | Co* | |
| you | je* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ache1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · guq