Maká
Maká is a Mataguayan language spoken in Paraguay. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Argentina and Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1,500 speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción.
From Wikipedia · Maká language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Maká
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | to7* | |
| ear | ikfi7* | |
| nose | inex* | |
| tooth | kunheti7* | |
| tongue | lepep* | |
| hand | koy* | |
| blood | athic* | |
| bone | inu* | |
| skin | ax* | |
| knee | aqhuc* | |
| breast | eqfuti7* | |
| liver | aqLik* | |
| water | iweli* | |
| fire | fet* | |
| sun | xunu7* | |
| star | foteki7* | |
| stone | ute* | |
| mountain | utek* | |
| tree | nakak* | |
| leaf | Lesex* | |
| night | naxaX* | |
| dog | nunax* | |
| fish | sehec* | |
| louse | iLe7* | |
| one | ewiL* | |
| two | wecxuk* | |
| I | yakha7* | |
| you | akha7* | |
| we | inekhewel* | |
| drink | iya7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- NivacléMataguayan20% alike
- Forest ChoroteMataguayan15% alike
- Riverine ChoroteMataguayan13% alike
- GüisnayMataguayan13% alike
- VejozMataguayan12% alike
- LoziAtlantic-Congo10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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