Canichana
Canichana was a language isolate once spoken in Bolivia.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Canichana, or Canesi, is a possible language isolate of Bolivia (department of Beni). In 1991 there were 500 Canichana people, but only 20 spoke the Canichana language; by 2000 the ethnic population was 583, but the language had no mother tongue speakers left. It was spoken on the Mamoré River and Machupo River.
From Wikipedia · Canichana language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Canichana
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| ear | komete* | |
| nose | xe* | |
| tooth | huti* | |
| tongue | cava* | |
| blood | ghab* | |
| bone | makhti* | |
| skin | Salesik* | |
| knee | kegama* | |
| breast | nakcidanti* | |
| water | se* | |
| fire | Cuku* | |
| sun | koxli* | |
| star | koma* | |
| stone | kumCi* | |
| mountain | komCe* | |
| tree | yiga* | |
| leaf | tixle* | |
| night | kakitixi* | |
| dog | pao* | |
| fish | kaku* | |
| louse | uxase* | |
| one | mereka* | |
| two | kalela* | |
| I | oxale* | |
| you | inahali* | |
| we | ohexalxina* | |
| drink | hakoki* | |
| see | koinoe* | |
| come | luinas* |
* 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 · cani1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · caz