Malayo
Malayo is a Chibchan language spoken in Colombia, by about 1,850 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Damana (also known as Malayo or Wiwa) is a Chibchan language spoken by the Indigenous Damana people on the southern and eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. According to Ethnologue, it was spoken by 1,850 people in 2007; however, according to the Colombian Ministry of Culture, there were 13,627 Damana people in 2010, of whom some 60% speak Dʉmʉna well.
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Words in Malayo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mena | |
| person | Sikka* | |
| name | Zaginukka* | |
| eye | uma* | |
| ear | kukwa* | |
| nose | sunk3na* | |
| tooth | kikka* | |
| tongue | kong3ra* | |
| hand | gula* | |
| blood | 3ma* | |
| bone | k3k3ra* | |
| skin | anZoma* | |
| knee | b3nk3ka* | |
| breast | tudu* | |
| liver | anZbita* | |
| water | di-ra | |
| fire | gie* | |
| sun | mamaduisajui* | |
| star | Zandumaya* | |
| stone | 3ingina* | |
| mountain | k3ngaga* | |
| tree | k3n* | |
| leaf | k3nata* | |
| night | Se* | |
| dog | k3nsi* | |
| fish | waka* | |
| louse | sanze* | |
| one | ingwi* | |
| two | mowa* | |
| I | ra* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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