Bororo
Bororo is a Bororoan language spoken in Brazil, by about 1,400 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bororo (Borôro), also known as Boe, is the sole surviving language of the small Bororoan family believed by some to be part of the Macro-Jê languages. It is spoken by the Bororo, hunters and gatherers in the central Mato Grosso region of Brazil.
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Words in Bororo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | tʃe | |
| child | ore | |
| woman | aredu | |
| name | ije | |
| eye | joku | |
| nose | eno | |
| tooth | o | |
| hand | kera | |
| head | aora | |
| blood | kure | |
| water | pobo | |
| fire | joru | |
| moon | ari | |
| star | kuieje | |
| rain | bübütü | |
| tree | i | |
| dog | arigao | |
| fish | karo | |
| bird | kiogö | |
| die | bi | |
| come | aregodu | |
| house | bai |
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Vocabulary
- UmotínaBororoan34% alike
- Northeastern Russian River PomoPomoan12% alike
- Yaben (Konda)Konda-Yahadian10% alike
- KwestenTor-Orya10% alike
- DabeTor-Orya9% alike
- ItikTor-Orya9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · boro1282 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bor