Chimila
Chimila is a Chibchan language spoken in Colombia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chimila, known natively as Ette Taara, is a Chibchan language of Colombia, spoken by the Chimila people, who live between the lower Magdalena River, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria and the Cesar River. Chimila was historically grouped with the Malibu languages, but then it was classified as a Chibchan language.
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff considered Chimila to be one of the Arawakan languages, and would thus be expected to be like Tairona, one of the Chibchan languages.
From Wikipedia · Chimila language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Chimila
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | júŋwiriʔ | |
| person | ette* | |
| name | kakewa7* | |
| eye | wakua7* | |
| ear | kussaka* | |
| nose | nda* | |
| tooth | ndi* | |
| tongue | kua7* | |
| hand | hattakra7* | |
| blood | eNNa7* | |
| bone | kikkra* | |
| skin | manta* | |
| knee | kre7* | |
| breast | ka7* | |
| liver | kawi7* | |
| water | ⁿdittakeʔ | |
| fire | primu* | |
| sun | ndiNNa7* | |
| star | ndyottuwaNa* | |
| stone | krekakkui* | |
| mountain | ittikoNgra* | |
| tree | ka* | |
| leaf | ka* | |
| night | sinaka* | |
| dog | ndekru* | |
| fish | waNgra* | |
| louse | ku7* | |
| one | kuttendaassu7* | |
| two | buna7* | |
| I | nari* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Grammar
- TeguimaUto-Aztecan83% alike
- NarrinyeriPama-Nyungan82% alike
- UmotínaBororoan82% alike
- ThurawalPama-Nyungan81% alike
- Michoacán NahuatlUto-Aztecan81% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · chim1309 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cbg