Borum
Borum is a Nuclear-Macro-Je language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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The Krenak language, also Borum or Botocudo, is an Indigenous language of Brazil classified as an independent branch of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
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Words in Borum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | xiNwoN* | |
| ear | 5oNo* | |
| nose | kin* | |
| tooth | kyun* | |
| tongue | ZiCok* | |
| hand | po7* | |
| blood | kumj3k* | |
| bone | ZEk* | |
| skin | kat* | |
| knee | kikri7* | |
| breast | p3r3k* | |
| liver | kupaN* | |
| water | münhang | |
| fire | CobEk* | |
| sun | tEpo* | |
| star | tomrEt* | |
| stone | takruk* | |
| mountain | yupik* | |
| tree | Z3t* | |
| leaf | Con* | |
| night | abi* | |
| dog | NgoN* | |
| fish | mbok* | |
| louse | aN3m* | |
| one | puCik* | |
| two | Ngrimbo7* | |
| I | ti* | |
| you | hoti* | |
| we | ki5iN* | |
| drink | Zop* |
* 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
Glottolog · kren1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kqq