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Camsá

Camsá is a language isolate spoken in Colombia, by about 4,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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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

MeaningWordRomanization
womanʃembása
personenCanga*
namewabaina*
eyebSn3be*
earmackuaSe*
nosecxaSe*
toothxuacaS*
tonguebiCtaxa*
handkukuaCe*
bloodbui5e*
bonebetaSe*
skinoboaCe*
kneencamiaSe*
breastCoCo*
liverbekoCka*
waterbujéʃe
firei5e*
sunSinye*
starestrelytema*
stonend3Cbe*
mountainbacxa5e*
treebetiye*
leafcbuanaCe*
nightibeta*
dogkeSe*
fishbeona*
lousem3cana*
onekanži
twouta*
IaCe*

* 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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