Bakairí
Bakairí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil, by about 950 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
From Wikipedia · Bakairi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Bakairí
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ezed3* | |
| eye | enu* | |
| ear | 3watar3* | |
| nose | yenar3* | |
| tooth | 3er3* | |
| tongue | ilu* | |
| hand | emar3* | |
| blood | unu* | |
| bone | ibir3* | |
| skin | itub3* | |
| knee | ezeuru* | |
| breast | iwar3* | |
| liver | erer3* | |
| water | paru | |
| fire | peto* | |
| sun | S3S3* | |
| star | Simuk3* | |
| stone | tuhu* | |
| mountain | awa* | |
| tree | se* | |
| leaf | sar3* | |
| night | kopae* | |
| dog | ukodo* | |
| fish | kara | |
| louse | em3* | |
| one | tokal3* | |
| two | azag3* | |
| I | ura* | |
| you | 3m3* | |
| we | Sina* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- ApalaíCariban27% alike
- Pará AráraCariban22% alike
- CarijonaCariban21% alike
- TrióCariban21% alike
- YabaranaCariban21% alike
- HixkaryánaCariban19% alike
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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