Machinere
Machinere is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil and Bolivia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language. However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.
From Wikipedia · Machinere language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Machinere
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | hiwaka* | |
| eye | yhaltCi* | |
| ear | tyepi* | |
| nose | hriCi* | |
| tooth | yhiCi* | |
| tongue | n3* | |
| hand | myoCi* | |
| blood | hranCi* | |
| bone | hap3* | |
| skin | mta* | |
| knee | soSCi* | |
| breast | tn3* | |
| liver | hopna* | |
| water | honu* | |
| fire | pawCi* | |
| sun | tkaCi* | |
| star | katahiri* | |
| stone | sotl3* | |
| mountain | mahka* | |
| tree | hahm3na* | |
| leaf | kas3r3re* | |
| night | hoyCeno* | |
| dog | kawe* | |
| fish | shima | |
| louse | SepCi* | |
| one | sat3phe* | |
| two | hepi* | |
| I | hita* | |
| you | pitya* | |
| we | witya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- YineArawakan63% alike
- Mashco PiroArawakan59% alike
- ApurinãArawakan23% alike
- IñapariArawakan22% alike
- WauráArawakan15% alike
- Yavitero-PareniArawakan14% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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