Huambisa
Huambisa is a Chicham language spoken in Peru, by about 8,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Huambisa, Huambiza, Wambiza, Jíbaro, Xívaro, Wampis, Maina, or Shuar-Huampis is an indigenous language of the Huambisa people of Peru. Spanish colonizers first generated the name Xívaro in the late 16th century as a way of overgeneralizing several ethnicities of similar sociopolitical statuses within the region and referring to them as savages. It is an established language spoken in the extreme north of Peru. It is closely related to the Achuar-Shiwiar, Shuar, and Aguaruna languages, all of which belong to the Jivaroan language family. It has official standing in the area it is spoken.
From Wikipedia · Huambisa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Huambisa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Suar* | |
| name | nari* | |
| eye | hi* | |
| ear | kuiS* | |
| nose | nuhi* | |
| tooth | nai* | |
| tongue | inai* | |
| hand | uweh* | |
| blood | numpa* | |
| bone | ukunC* | |
| skin | nuap* | |
| knee | tikiS* | |
| breast | muncu* | |
| liver | akap* | |
| water | entsa | |
| fire | hi* | |
| sun | eca* | |
| star | ya* | |
| stone | kaya* | |
| mountain | ikam* | |
| tree | numi* | |
| leaf | nuka* | |
| night | suwe* | |
| dog | yawa* | |
| fish | namak | |
| louse | tema* | |
| one | CikiCik* | |
| two | himar* | |
| I | wi* | |
| you | ame* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · huam1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · hub