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Itonama

Itonama was a language isolate once spoken in Bolivia.

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An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Itonama (Itonama: sihnipadara '1PL.EXCL-word') is an extinct language isolate once spoken by the Itonama people in the Amazonian lowlands of north-eastern Bolivia. It was spoken on the Itonomas River and Lake in Beni Department.

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Words in Itonama

MeaningWordRomanization
personbuwa*
namekadaya*
eyekururu*
earmostodo*
nosenu*
toothwomote*
tonguepoCosnila*
handmapara*
bloodnasto*
boneC3d3k3*
skinporoma*
kneeniCity3ru*
breastp3me*
liverwan3ta*
waterwanu'we
firebari*
sunwapaCa*
starkiCi*
stonepala*
treeb3te*
leafmado*
nightyumani*
dogpa7u*
fishopi
louseCa7e*
onekane*
twoCupa*
Iosni*
youoni*
wedinike*

* 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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