Hixkaryána
Hixkaryána is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil, by about 600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Hixkaryana ( HISH-karr-ee-AH-nə) is a Cariban language spoken by 600 people on the Nhamundá River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of 17 languages that have object–verb–subject word order, initially described by linguist Desmond C. Derbyshire.
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Words in Hixkaryána
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | esot3* | |
| eye | enu* | |
| ear | hana* | |
| nose | owna* | |
| tooth | yo* | |
| tongue | 5u* | |
| hand | amo* | |
| blood | kamsuku* | |
| bone | yoCho* | |
| skin | huChu* | |
| knee | esokna* | |
| breast | manat3* | |
| liver | erye* | |
| water | tuna | |
| fire | weheto* | |
| sun | kam3m3* | |
| moon | nuno | |
| star | feryko* | |
| stone | tohu* | |
| mountain | 3h3* | |
| tree | wewe* | |
| leaf | ar3* | |
| night | kohsaya* | |
| dog | kamara* | |
| fish | kana | |
| louse | ayamo* | |
| one | towe5Sa* | |
| two | asako* | |
| I | uro* | |
| you | omoro* |
* 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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