Kanoê
Kanoê is a language isolate spoken in Brazil, by about 5 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Kanoê or Kapishana is a nearly extinct language isolate of Rondônia, Brazil. It is nearly extinct, with only 5 speakers in a population of about 319 Kanoê people. The Kapishana people now speak Portuguese or other indigenous languages from intermarriage. The language names are also spelled Kapixana, Kapixanã, and Canoé, the last shared with Awa-Canoeiro. The Kanoê people, although disperse in the southeastern part of the state of Rondônia, live mainly along the Guaporé River.
From Wikipedia · Kanoê language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kanoê
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | e | |
| name | pwEkwE* | |
| eye | 3k3y* | |
| ear | ite5u* | |
| nose | ika5nu* | |
| tooth | 3pe* | |
| tongue | itaw* | |
| hand | ikoco* | |
| blood | ikuni* | |
| bone | iuta* | |
| skin | ita* | |
| knee | iroko* | |
| breast | nu* | |
| liver | iri* | |
| water | ikunĩ́ | |
| fire | ini* | |
| sun | kwikay* | |
| star | war3war3* | |
| stone | aki* | |
| mountain | onu* | |
| tree | 3ce* | |
| leaf | Ey* | |
| night | icay* | |
| dog | opera* | |
| fish | kwini* | |
| louse | tek3* | |
| one | pya* | |
| two | mow* | |
| I | ay* | |
| you | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- BassaKru11% alike
- EbiraAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- KwinsuTor-Orya9% alike
- LamatukaAustronesian8% alike
- Northeastern Russian River PomoPomoan8% alike
- Southern PomoPomoan8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kano1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kxo