Kotiria
Kotiria is a Tucanoan language spoken in Brazil and Colombia, by about 2,600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kotiria (also known as Wanano) is a Tucanoan language spoken in the northwest part of Amazonas in Brazil and in Vaupés in Colombia. It is spoken by the Kotiria. The Kotiria and the closely related Pira-tapuya do not intermarry, but their languages are 75% lexically similar.
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Words in Kotiria
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | numi | |
| person | basa* | |
| name | waba* | |
| eye | kapariaka* | |
| ear | kabodo* | |
| nose | kedo* | |
| tooth | piriaka* | |
| tongue | yabado* | |
| hand | wabobaka* | |
| blood | di* | |
| bone | ko7a* | |
| skin | kasaro* | |
| knee | d3sepekuriaka* | |
| breast | pero* | |
| liver | yebetu* | |
| water | ko | |
| fire | piCaka* | |
| sun | s3daCobakariro* | |
| star | yapiCoaka* | |
| stone | taka* | |
| mountain | butuk3* | |
| tree | yuk3k3* | |
| leaf | paripu* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | diero* | |
| fish | wa7i* | |
| louse | k37airo* | |
| one | k3* | |
| two | p3a* | |
| I | y373* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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