Candoshi-Shapra
Candoshi-Shapra is a language isolate spoken in Peru, by about 1,120 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Candoshi-Shapra (also known as Candoshi, Candoxi, Kandoshi, Kandozi-Chapra, and Murato) is an indigenous American language isolate, spoken by several thousand people in western South America along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza, and Morona river valleys. There are two dialects, Chapara (also spelled Shapra) and Kandoashi (Kandozi). It is an official language of Peru, like other native languages in the areas in which they are spoken and are the predominant language in use. Around 88.5 percent of the speakers are bilingual with Spanish. The literacy rate in Candoshi-Shapra is 10 to 30 percent and 15 to 25 percent in the second language Spanish. There is a Candoshi-Shapra dictionary, and grammar rules have been codified.
From Wikipedia · Candoshi-Shapra language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Iy tpotsini ichigoroni kis tamam zadkini, vatam tpotsiniva. Vatam ichigoroni magini tarova; ashiriya chinakaniya. Ashirocha, zovalliatsich tamaparia-ashiros sanpata chinagtsa atiniya.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Candoshi-Shapra
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tpoci* | |
| name | sora* | |
| eye | kaC* | |
| ear | kic* | |
| nose | Sipa* | |
| tooth | nass* | |
| tongue | niapor* | |
| hand | kov* | |
| blood | korasi* | |
| bone | nap* | |
| knee | toCimpar* | |
| breast | mimi* | |
| liver | Sip* | |
| water | kógó | |
| fire | somasi* | |
| sun | Sari* | |
| star | caNaCi* | |
| stone | patompCi* | |
| mountain | maCi* | |
| tree | yasina* | |
| leaf | maSaro* | |
| dog | tomoSi* | |
| fish | kayopCi* | |
| louse | isi* | |
| one | minamta* | |
| two | cimpono* | |
| I | nowa* | |
| you | Siya* | |
| we | iya* | |
| drink | wa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · cand1248 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cbu