Katukína-Kanamarí
Katukína-Kanamarí is a Katukinan language spoken in Brazil, by about 1,650 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Katukina-Kanamari is a Katukinan language spoken by about 650 individuals in Amazonas, Brazil. It is considered endangered.
The two principal varieties, Kanamari (Canamarí) and Katukina (Catuquina), are mutually intelligible, and have both been confused with neighboring languages with the same or similar names.
Synonyms and dialect names include Tshom-djapa, Tsohon-djapa, Wiri-dyapá, Pidá-dyapá, Kutiá-dyapá (Kadiu-diapa, Cutiadapa), Tucun-diapa, Bendiapa, Parawa.
From Wikipedia · Katukína-Kanamarí language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Katukína-Kanamarí
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | uiku* | |
| ear | umasadak* | |
| nose | upak* | |
| tongue | unuku* | |
| hand | uba* | |
| blood | mimi* | |
| bone | ampaja* | |
| skin | sudak* | |
| knee | upiri* | |
| liver | ma* | |
| water | tahi | |
| fire | itanu* | |
| sun | sa* | |
| star | Ciriko* | |
| stone | sanawa* | |
| mountain | haN* | |
| tree | kodohomi* | |
| leaf | hakba* | |
| night | paraji* | |
| dog | wapa* | |
| fish | mamoraN* | |
| one | ekek* | |
| two | ubawa* | |
| I | adu* | |
| you | idik* | |
| we | adik* | |
| hear | mapikaN* | |
| die | Cuku* | |
| path | jaNaN* | |
| new | aburaniN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kana1291 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · knm