Maijiki
Maijiki is a Tucanoan language spoken in Peru, by about 70 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Maijiki (Maihiki), also Coto, Orejón (Oregon), or Máíhɨ̃ki, is a moribund Tucanoan language of Peru, spoken by the Maijuna.
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Words in Maijiki
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | dõbĩ-o | |
| person | bai* | |
| name | babi* | |
| eye | yako* | |
| ear | ahodo* | |
| nose | ukueb3* | |
| tooth | uhi* | |
| tongue | debetoyo* | |
| hand | h3t3* | |
| blood | bahaye* | |
| bone | tadab3* | |
| skin | adib3* | |
| knee | hekaCika* | |
| breast | ohe* | |
| liver | debeb3* | |
| water | oco ja̱ | |
| fire | toa* | |
| sun | 3s3* | |
| star | tuku* | |
| stone | ata* | |
| mountain | 3b3t3t3* | |
| tree | suki* | |
| leaf | hao* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | yaihoyi* | |
| fish | dadibai* | |
| one | te* | |
| two | tepe* | |
| I | yi* | |
| you | b3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- SecoyaTucanoan43% alike
- Siona-TeteteTucanoan40% alike
- KoreguajeTucanoan34% alike
- Barasana-EduriaTucanoan31% alike
- TuyucaTucanoan23% alike
- WaimahaTucanoan23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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