Aikanã
Aikanã is a language isolate spoken in Brazil, by about 200 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Aikanã (sometimes called Tubarão, Corumbiara/Kolumbiara, or Huari/Uari/Wari) is an endangered language isolate spoken by about 250 Aikanã people in Rondônia, Brazil. It has SOV word order. Aikanã uses the Latin script. The people live with speakers of Koaia (Kwaza).
From Wikipedia · Aikanã language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Aikanã
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | kjaw3j* | |
| eye | muka* | |
| ear | ni8u* | |
| nose | nawa* | |
| tooth | muj* | |
| tongue | waru* | |
| hand | ine* | |
| blood | i* | |
| bone | zu* | |
| skin | edudu* | |
| knee | r3mu* | |
| breast | CeCy7i* | |
| liver | iri* | |
| water | ha'ne | |
| fire | hine* | |
| sun | jederine7i* | |
| star | jite* | |
| stone | haZi* | |
| mountain | ui* | |
| tree | we* | |
| leaf | widjdiZi* | |
| night | 8une* | |
| dog | arjya* | |
| fish | ati* | |
| louse | k3j* | |
| one | ameme* | |
| two | atuka* | |
| I | hisa* | |
| you | hi8a* | |
| we | sate* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KwazaIsolates13% alike
- CamlingSino-Tibetan10% alike
- GaloSino-Tibetan10% alike
- BununAustronesian9% alike
- Manda (Australia)Western Daly9% alike
- Khamnigan MongolMongolic-Khitan8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · aika1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tba