Kuruáya
Kuruáya was a Tupian language once spoken in Brazil.
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Kuruáya is a nearly extinct Tupian language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. As of August 2020, there is only one fluent speaker of Kuruáya, Odete Iawa, who is in her eighties or nineties or older.
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Words in Kuruáya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | b3tet* | |
| eye | weta* | |
| ear | ampi* | |
| nose | nami* | |
| tooth | lay* | |
| tongue | ko* | |
| hand | b37* | |
| blood | toy* | |
| bone | olao* | |
| skin | ikie* | |
| knee | oma* | |
| breast | kam* | |
| liver | bia* | |
| water | ti* | |
| fire | laSa* | |
| sun | kadi* | |
| star | wadilala* | |
| stone | wita7a* | |
| mountain | Co7a* | |
| tree | ip* | |
| leaf | t3p* | |
| night | kamisa* | |
| dog | Coara* | |
| fish | kotip | |
| louse | kip* | |
| one | da* | |
| two | poraka* | |
| I | on* | |
| you | en* | |
| we | w3i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MundurukúTupian35% alike
- TuparíTupian23% alike
- Karo (Brazil)Tupian20% alike
- Gavião Do JiparanáTupian20% alike
- XipayaTupian18% alike
- KayabíTupian18% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · kuru1309 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kyr