Culina
Culina is an Arawan language spoken in Brazil and Peru, by about 3,900 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kulina (also Kulína, Kulyna, Culina, Curina, Corina, Korina, Culina-Madijá, Madijá, Madija, Madiha, Madihá) is an Arawan language of Brazil and Peru spoken by about 4,000 Kulina people. With such few speakers, Kulina is considered a threatened language.
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Words in Culina
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | oni* | |
| eye | nokho* | |
| ear | aribo* | |
| nose | ene* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | ebeno* | |
| hand | dsepe* | |
| blood | emene* | |
| bone | tone* | |
| skin | api* | |
| knee | pito* | |
| breast | dsoho* | |
| liver | ati* | |
| water | pasho | |
| fire | dsipho* | |
| sun | mahi* | |
| star | amowa* | |
| stone | siba* | |
| mountain | adami* | |
| tree | awa* | |
| leaf | ephe* | |
| night | dsome* | |
| dog | ethe* | |
| fish | aba* | |
| louse | kamati* | |
| one | ohari* | |
| two | pama* | |
| I | owa* | |
| you | tia* | |
| we | iya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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