Kaingang
Kaingang is a Nuclear-Macro-Je language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Kaingang language (also spelled Kaingáng) is a Southern Jê language spoken by the Kaingang people of southern Brazil. The Kaingang nation has about 30,000 people, and about 60–65% speak the language. Most also speak Portuguese.
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Words in Kaingang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | nỹ | |
| father | panh | |
| child | kósin | |
| woman | ũn tỹtá | |
| friend | régre | |
| ear | nĩgrẽg | |
| tooth | jã | |
| tongue | nũnẽ | |
| head | krĩ | |
| liver | tỹmẽ | |
| water | goj | |
| fire | pĩ | |
| moon | kysã | |
| rain | ta | |
| stone | pó | |
| dog | kasor | |
| fish | pirã | |
| horse | kãvãru | |
| snake | pỹn | |
| louse | ga | |
| two | régre | |
| I | inh | |
| sugar | asuka | |
| rice | aronh | |
| wine | vĩjũ | |
| potato | pén'ó | |
| yes | hÿ | |
| house | ĩn | |
| big | mág | |
| red | kusũg |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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