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Cha'palaa

Cha'palaa is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador, by about 10 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Cha'palaa · 0.7°N 79.1°W

Chaʼpalaa (also known as Chachi or Cayapa) is a Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by around 5,870 Chachi people.

From Wikipedia · Chaʼpalaa language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Naaju chachilla bain mu' chachilla bain na kayatu tichiba bulla jutyu naakendya'ba kenu deechu taa na kayamu deju, tsenmin ya naaju juñu bain ne tsaave ti', uukavinu jutyu naa, tideechu juuchi bain, mubain mubain tsaren dejuve, tsenmin shilli pensangenu pude deju'. mitya, tsenr)1in ura' kendu bain ura' kendyu' bain mide' mitya muba mu bain veta' veta' ura' keewaawaa kenuu dejuve.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Cha'palaa

MeaningWordRomanization
womanʃinbu
personCaCailya*
namemumu*
eyekapuka*
earpuNgui*
nosekikapa*
toothteku*
tongueihka*
handtyapa*
bloodasa*
bonetaku*
skinkika*
kneenenbulu*
breastCuCu*
liverahpa*
waterpi
fire5i*
sunpata*
starmakara*
stoneskupuka*
mountainfeSa*
treeCi*
leafhaki*
nightkepe*
dogkuCa*
fishalya*
lousemu*
onemain
twopalyu*
you5u*

* 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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