Kamayurá
Kamayurá is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil, by about 600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kamayurá (Kamaiurá in Portuguese) is an Indigenous language of Brazil and a member of the Tupi–Guarani family, spoken by the Kamayurá people of Brazil, who numbered about 600 individuals in 2014. The Kamayurá people live in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, specifically in the Upper Xingu area.
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Words in Kamayurá
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | kuyã | |
| name | et* | |
| eye | Ea* | |
| ear | nami* | |
| nose | ici* | |
| tooth | haya* | |
| tongue | iko* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | icapiraN* | |
| bone | kaN* | |
| skin | ipiret* | |
| knee | iperenan* | |
| breast | kama* | |
| liver | pere* | |
| water | 'ɨ | |
| fire | tata* | |
| sun | kwat* | |
| star | 3a3tata7i* | |
| stone | ita* | |
| mountain | i7at3t* | |
| tree | 3w3ra* | |
| leaf | op* | |
| night | 3p3tun* | |
| dog | wararuwiyap* | |
| fish | ipira | |
| louse | k3p* | |
| one | moyepe* | |
| two | mokoy* | |
| I | iye* | |
| you | ene* |
* 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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