Chamacoco
Ishír
Chamacoco is a Zamucoan language spoken in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay, by about 2,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chamacoco is a Zamucoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Chamacoco people. It is also known as Xamicoco or Xamacoco, although the tribe itself prefers the name Ishír (which is also spelled Ɨshɨr, Ishiro, Yshyr) and sometimes Jewyo. When the term Ishiro (or yshyro or ɨshɨro) is used to refer to the language, it is an abbreviation for Ishir(o) ahwoso, literally meaning 'the words, the language of the Chamacoco people'. It is spoken by a traditionally hunter-gatherer society that now practices agriculture. Its speakers are of all ages, and generally speak Spanish or Guarani as second and third languages.
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Words in Chamacoco
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oSt* | |
| name | iC* | |
| eye | onta* | |
| ear | aLa* | |
| nose | d3jerpta* | |
| tooth | potet* | |
| tongue | aharS* | |
| hand | mata* | |
| blood | arm3sta* | |
| bone | debiC* | |
| skin | juhuLa* | |
| knee | ket3ta* | |
| breast | 3rxo* | |
| liver | ib3t3* | |
| water | aw3t* | |
| fire | xwek3ta* | |
| sun | dejC* | |
| star | poLap* | |
| stone | koxaC* | |
| mountain | koxaC* | |
| tree | pohoLa* | |
| leaf | porijo* | |
| night | d3lak* | |
| dog | pohoC* | |
| fish | doS3t* | |
| louse | nac3k3ta* | |
| one | com3ra* | |
| two | osijer* | |
| I | jok* | |
| you | owa* |
* 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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