Arhuaco
Arhuaco is a Chibchan language spoken in Colombia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Arhuaco, commonly known as Ikʉ (Arhuaco: Ikʉ) (also known as Aruaco, Bintuk, Bíntukua, Bintucua, Ica, Ijca, Ijka, Ika, and Ike) is a Chibchan language, spoken in Colombia by the Arhuaco people.
There are 8,000 speakers, all in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of Colombia, 90% of whom are monolingual. They have a very strong traditional culture and have vibrant use of their tongue. Literacy is 1 to 5% in their native language. Some speak Spanish, and 15 to 25% are literate in it.
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Words in Arhuaco
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | aʔmía | |
| person | ik3* | |
| name | zakinuga* | |
| eye | um3* | |
| ear | kukkw3* | |
| nose | misuN3* | |
| tooth | k3kk3* | |
| tongue | korig3n3* | |
| hand | gunn3* | |
| blood | jwa* | |
| bone | wesu* | |
| knee | biuk3n3* | |
| breast | tu* | |
| liver | higru* | |
| water | dže | |
| fire | gei* | |
| sun | jwa* | |
| star | wirakoku* | |
| stone | a7n3* | |
| mountain | gwirk3n3* | |
| tree | k3n* | |
| leaf | azaC3* | |
| night | seia7* | |
| dog | per3* | |
| fish | wak3* | |
| louse | ku* | |
| one | ingwi* | |
| two | mouga* | |
| I | n3n* | |
| you | ma* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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