Avá-Canoeiro
Avá-Canoeiro is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Avá-Canoeiro, known as Avá or Canoe, is a minor Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It can be further divided into two dialects: Tocantins Avá-Canoeiro and Araguaia Avá-Canoeiro. All speakers of the language are monolingual.
From Wikipedia · Avá-Canoeiro language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Avá-Canoeiro
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | era* | |
| eye | ea* | |
| ear | nami* | |
| nose | ti* | |
| tooth | ay* | |
| tongue | apeku* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | uw3* | |
| bone | kaN* | |
| skin | pirik* | |
| knee | 3p3a* | |
| breast | kam* | |
| liver | p3a* | |
| water | ɨ | |
| fire | tata* | |
| sun | kwar* | |
| star | ya3tata* | |
| stone | ita* | |
| tree | 3w3ra* | |
| leaf | ow* | |
| night | p3tun* | |
| dog | yawara* | |
| fish | pira | |
| louse | k3w* | |
| one | mepenoam* | |
| two | mokoy* | |
| I | Ci* | |
| you | ene* | |
| we | yane* | |
| drink | 3u* |
* 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
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