Leco
Leco was a language isolate once spoken in Bolivia.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Leco, also written as Leko, is a language isolate that, though long reported to be extinct, is spoken by 20–40 individuals in areas east of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. The Leco ethnic population was 13,527 in 2012.
From Wikipedia · Leco language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Leco
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yobas* | |
| name | us* | |
| eye | siri* | |
| ear | kul* | |
| nose | Cinwa* | |
| tooth | kiphi* | |
| tongue | ses* | |
| hand | kuh* | |
| blood | li* | |
| bone | acbiCa* | |
| skin | suCu* | |
| knee | hapun* | |
| breast | Culu* | |
| liver | lel* | |
| water | doa* | |
| fire | moa* | |
| sun | hena* | |
| star | polea* | |
| stone | thah* | |
| mountain | wotha* | |
| tree | bos* | |
| leaf | woy* | |
| night | Cehra* | |
| dog | kuCi* | |
| fish | epa* | |
| louse | basi* | |
| one | ber* | |
| two | toi* | |
| I | era* | |
| you | iya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Cheke HoloAustronesian12% alike
- TinaniSino-Tibetan11% alike
- FyerAfro-Asiatic10% alike
- BodoSino-Tibetan10% alike
- YakkhaSino-Tibetan10% alike
- Donno So DogonDogon10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · leco1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lec