Isconahua
Isconahua is a Pano-Tacanan language spoken in Peru, by about 82 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Isconahua is an indigenous American language of the Panoan family. It is spoken by the Isconahua prople in Peru. The Isconahua, of which over 100 people identified as in 2023, were a very isolated group as of 2008 and has very little contact with the outside world. In spite of this, as of 2023, the language is spoken by only one person, Nawa Nika (Nelita Campos), when language preservation efforts were reported to be underway.
It has an official alphabet approved by the Ministry of Education of Peru.
From Wikipedia · Iskonawa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Isconahua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | bera* | |
| ear | pabiki* | |
| nose | reki* | |
| tooth | jeta* | |
| tongue | ana* | |
| hand | mebi* | |
| blood | imi* | |
| bone | jau* | |
| knee | rateko* | |
| water | ehpaja* | |
| fire | jene* | |
| sun | wari* | |
| star | ndaiCamis* | |
| mountain | maCi* | |
| tree | iwi* | |
| night | yame* | |
| one | westiwa* | |
| two | narabe* | |
| you | mi* | |
| we | noakana* | |
| drink | aiyai* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Grammar
- Cashibo-CacataiboPano-Tacanan88% alike
- Gureng GurengPama-Nyungan87% alike
- YoraPano-Tacanan87% alike
- YawanawaPano-Tacanan86% alike
- PanoboPano-Tacanan86% alike
- Shipibo-ConiboPano-Tacanan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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