Kakua
Kakua is a Kakua-Nukak language spoken in Colombia, by about 250 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Kakwa language, also spelled Kakua and Cacua, is an indigenous language spoken by a few hundred people in Colombia and Brazil. There are many monolinguals, especially children. Apart from being close to or a dialect of Nukak, its classification is uncertain.
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Words in Kakua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | jad⁴ | |
| person | kak* | |
| name | w3t* | |
| eye | kib* | |
| ear | muri* | |
| nose | w3k* | |
| tooth | mau* | |
| tongue | d3k* | |
| hand | tej7* | |
| blood | meep* | |
| bone | irip* | |
| skin | Cu* | |
| knee | bodi* | |
| breast | taka* | |
| liver | deb* | |
| water | maʔ | |
| fire | t3k3t* | |
| sun | yeu* | |
| star | k3j* | |
| stone | he* | |
| mountain | he* | |
| tree | ma* | |
| leaf | n3u* | |
| night | Cej* | |
| dog | b3hhiw* | |
| fish | keh* | |
| louse | b3b* | |
| one | bik* | |
| two | Cede* | |
| I | wEm* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Nukak MakúKakua-Nukak43% alike
- PuinaveIsolates12% alike
- AmdangFuran8% alike
- Borgu FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo8% alike
- Central-Eastern Niger FulfuldeAtlantic-Congo8% alike
- MoromCentral Sudanic8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · cacu1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cbv