Awa-Cuaiquer
Kwaiker
Awa-Cuaiquer is a Barbacoan language spoken in Colombia and Ecuador, by about 12.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Awa Pit, otherwise known as Cuaiquer (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, etc.), is a Barbacoan language. Awa Pit is classified by UNESCO as a severely endangered language. The Awa Pit language has a subject–object–verb structure and has adopted the Latin script. Grammatically, Awa Pit uses a characteristic conjunct/disjunct system of verb suffixes for person-marking.
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Words in Awa-Cuaiquer
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | aʃampa | |
| person | awa* | |
| name | mun* | |
| eye | kasu* | |
| ear | kail* | |
| nose | kimpuh* | |
| tooth | sula* | |
| tongue | yankwixia* | |
| hand | Ct3* | |
| blood | aimpi* | |
| bone | C3h* | |
| skin | aya* | |
| knee | wakpul* | |
| breast | CiCu* | |
| liver | 5antunul* | |
| water | kwazi | |
| sun | pa* | |
| star | k3ma* | |
| stone | uk* | |
| mountain | 3nkal* | |
| tree | t3* | |
| leaf | k3h* | |
| night | amda* | |
| dog | kwiCa* | |
| fish | piSkatu* | |
| louse | mu* | |
| one | maza* | |
| two | paas | |
| I | na* | |
| you | nu* |
* 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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