Cayubaba

Cayubaba was a language isolate once spoken in Bolivia.

Cayubaba · 13.2°S 65.5°W

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Cayubaba (Cayuvava, Cayuwaba, Kayuvava) is a moribund language of the Bolivian Amazon. The Cayubaba people inhabit the Beni region to the west of the Mamoré River, North of the Santa Ana Yacuma, with a population of 794 inhabitants.

Since the declaration of the Supreme Decree N.º 25894 on September 11, 2000, Cayubaba has been one of the official indigenous languages of Bolivia, which was included in the Political Constitution, which was introduced on February 7, 2009.

From Wikipedia · Cayubaba language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Cayubaba

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	duaba*
name	eme*
eye	joko*
ear	hijike*
nose	bareohe*
tooth	dai*
tongue	i5i*
hand	daru*
blood	t3r3*
bone	rakie*
skin	iSe*
knee	awose*
breast	mame*
liver	Cabe*
water	kita
fire	data*
sun	maka*
star	rawaba*
stone	yaroho*
mountain	roretui*
tree	nare*
leaf	ene*
night	da3*
dog	naba*
fish	data*
one	karata*
two	mitia*
I	hi*
you	pi*
we	oda*