Kaiwá
Kaiwá is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kaiwá is a Tupi–Guarani spoken by about 18,000 Kaiwá people in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 510 people in northeastern Argentina. Literacy is 5-10% in Kaiwá and 15–25% in Portuguese. Kaiwá proper is 70% lexically similar to the Pai Tavytera language, and its similarity to its linguistic cousin Guarani, one of the two national-languages of Paraguay alongside the Spanish language, means it is even sometimes considered mutually intelligible.
From Wikipedia · Kaiwá language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kaiwá
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | her3* | |
| eye | esa* | |
| ear | nambi* | |
| nose | ti* | |
| tooth | ai* | |
| tongue | apeku* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | ugwi* | |
| bone | ka3* | |
| skin | pire* | |
| knee | at3p37a* | |
| liver | p37akwe* | |
| fire | tata* | |
| sun | kwarahi* | |
| star | yas3tata* | |
| stone | ita* | |
| mountain | 3b3atgwasu* | |
| tree | 3b3ra* | |
| leaf | hogwe* | |
| night | p3hare* | |
| dog | yagwa* | |
| fish | pira* | |
| louse | k3b3* | |
| one | petei* | |
| two | mokoy* | |
| I | Se* | |
| you | nde* | |
| we | 5ande* | |
| drink | 37u* | |
| see | heSe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Mbyá GuaraníTupian66% alike
- Avá-CanoeiroTupian59% alike
- Eastern Bolivian GuaraníTupian59% alike
- TapietéTupian59% alike
- Urubú-KaaporTupian57% alike
- GuajáTupian55% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kaiw1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kgk