Arutani
Arutani is a language isolate spoken in Brazil and Venezuela, by about 5 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Arutani (Orotani, Urutani, also known as Awake, Auake, Auaqué, Aoaqui, Oewaku, Uruak) is a nearly extinct language spoken in Roraima, Brazil and in the Karum River area of Bolivar State, Venezuela. There are only five or six speakers left.
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Words in Arutani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | makia* | |
| name | rawi* | |
| eye | kohap* | |
| ear | watika* | |
| nose | wa* | |
| tooth | ka* | |
| tongue | takoha* | |
| hand | maSa* | |
| blood | ka5a* | |
| bone | mo* | |
| skin | koha* | |
| knee | korokopsa* | |
| breast | koca* | |
| liver | ika* | |
| water | akohã | |
| fire | ani* | |
| sun | uSi* | |
| star | okihat* | |
| stone | muka* | |
| mountain | pi7a* | |
| tree | Sapi* | |
| leaf | a5a* | |
| night | tose* | |
| dog | toari* | |
| fish | kotom* | |
| louse | koka* | |
| one | kyoana* | |
| two | komana* | |
| I | makate* | |
| you | kakate* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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