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Maco

Maco is a Saliban language spoken in Venezuela, by about 2,500 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Maco · 4.6°N 66.6°W

Wirö (also called Itoto, Jojod, or various forms of Maku, especially Mako-Wirö) is an Indigenous language of Venezuela and Colombia spoken by the Wirö people. Until it was properly documented in 2015, it was attested only by a list of 38 words collected ca. 1900, though even that was enough to show it was closely related to Piaroa. Speakers of the two understand each other, though not reliably, and consider them to be distinct languages.

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Words in Maco

MeaningWordRomanization
personhoho*
namemikw*
eye3bahale*
ear3laki*
noseiju*
tootho7je*
tongueinene*
hand3ha*
boneiwe7o*
skinicedo*
liverokweheba*
waterahia
fire3kw3la*
sunhawo*
starciri*
stoneinawa*
mountainm3ca7o*
treetowi*
leafoxo*
nightj3te*
dogawiri*
fishbai*
louseth3b3*
onebakw*
twoduhutaha*
I3th3*
you3kw3*
we3kw3d3*
drinkow*
seeed*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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