Guaná (Paraguay)
Guaná (Paraguay) is a Lengua-Mascoy language spoken in Brazil and Paraguay. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Kaskihá (Cashquiha) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco. It is one of several that go by the generic name Guaná.
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Words in Guaná (Paraguay)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | vavina | |
| person | nensauka* | |
| name | neNvesey7a* | |
| eye | anti* | |
| ear | N7egu* | |
| nose | gua7e* | |
| tooth | mao* | |
| tongue | asku* | |
| hand | mi* | |
| blood | mahengu* | |
| bone | eskabu* | |
| water | houna | |
| fire | tasa* | |
| sun | agnim* | |
| star | piaua* | |
| stone | metemo* | |
| mountain | mtealmo* | |
| tree | yamit* | |
| leaf | abwa* | |
| night | pitasip* | |
| dog | timhiN* | |
| fish | kelasma* | |
| louse | pitim* | |
| one | pestin* | |
| two | hakanit* | |
| I | ko* | |
| you | siap* | |
| we | eneNko* | |
| drink | nakCip* | |
| see | nitin* |
* 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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