Ajyíninka Apurucayali
Ajyíninka Apurucayali is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru, by about 4,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Axininca (also "Axininca Campa", Ajyíninka Apurucayali, Campa, Ashaninca, Ashéninca Apurucayali, Apurucayali Campa, Ajyéninka) is an Arawakan language of the Ashéninka dialect group spoken along the Apurucayali tributary of the Pachitea River in Peru.
It has figured prominently in formal linguistic theory involving phonology (especially prosody including its stress) and morphology (Black 1991; Casali 1996, 2011; De Lacy 2002, 2006; De Lacy & Kingston 2013; Itô 1986, 1989; Levin 1985; Lombardi 2002; McCarthy & Prince 1993; Morley 2015; Rosenthall & Horn 1997; Spring 1990a, 1990b, 1990c, 1992; Yip 1983).
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Words in Ajyíninka Apurucayali
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | oki* | |
| ear | kempita* | |
| nose | kiri* | |
| tooth | aiki* | |
| tongue | nene* | |
| hand | ako* | |
| blood | ira* | |
| bone | tonki* | |
| skin | meSina* | |
| knee | yereto* | |
| breast | tini* | |
| liver | irapana* | |
| water | xi5a* | |
| sun | orya* | |
| star | impokiro* | |
| stone | mapi* | |
| mountain | antami* | |
| tree | inCato* | |
| leaf | Si* | |
| night | ciriniri* | |
| dog | oci* | |
| fish | Sima* | |
| louse | ne* | |
| one | apani* | |
| two | apite* | |
| I | naka* | |
| you | eroka* | |
| we | aka* | |
| drink | ir* | |
| see | 5* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Ucayali-Yurúa AshéninkaArawakan93% alike
- Ashéninka PerenéArawakan54% alike
- Pichis AshéninkaArawakan53% alike
- AsháninkaArawakan39% alike
- MachiguengaArawakan36% alike
- CaquinteArawakan28% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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