Camsá
Camsá is a language isolate spoken in Colombia, by about 4,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Kamëntšá, commonly rendered Camsá or Sibundoy in old sources, is a language isolate and native language of the Kamëntšá people who primarily inhabit the Sibundoy Valley of the Putumayo Department in the south of Colombia.
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Words in Camsá
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ʃembása | |
| person | enCanga* | |
| name | wabaina* | |
| eye | bSn3be* | |
| ear | mackuaSe* | |
| nose | cxaSe* | |
| tooth | xuacaS* | |
| tongue | biCtaxa* | |
| hand | kukuaCe* | |
| blood | bui5e* | |
| bone | betaSe* | |
| skin | oboaCe* | |
| knee | ncamiaSe* | |
| breast | CoCo* | |
| liver | bekoCka* | |
| water | bujéʃe | |
| fire | i5e* | |
| sun | Sinye* | |
| star | estrelytema* | |
| stone | nd3Cbe* | |
| mountain | bacxa5e* | |
| tree | betiye* | |
| leaf | cbuanaCe* | |
| night | ibeta* | |
| dog | keSe* | |
| fish | beona* | |
| louse | m3cana* | |
| one | kanži | |
| two | uta* | |
| I | aCe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- EbiraAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- IgedeAtlantic-Congo9% alike
- Ocotepec MixtecOtomanguean8% alike
- MbaruanAustronesian7% alike
- MolimaAustronesian7% alike
- Ta'izzi-Adeni ArabicAfro-Asiatic7% alike
Grammar
- PuelcheIsolates83% alike
- Katukína-KanamaríKatukinan81% alike
- Mescalero-Chiricahua ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit81% alike
- BurarraManingrida80% alike
- ZakhringSino-Tibetan80% alike
- Huron-WyandotIroquoian80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · cams1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kbh