Mamaindé
Mamaindé is a Nambiquaran language spoken in Brazil, by about 340 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mamaindê is a Nambikwaran language spoken in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil, in the very north of the indigenous reserve, Terra Indígena Vale do Guaporé, between the Pardo and Cabixi Rivers. In the southern part of the reserve, speakers of Sabanê and Southern Nambikwara are found.
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Words in Mamaindé
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | ikanin* | |
| ear | nasalan7* | |
| nose | yami* | |
| tooth | wi* | |
| hand | hik7* | |
| bone | nah* | |
| water | nahon | |
| sun | suni* | |
| stone | tahnakanin* | |
| mountain | madu* | |
| tree | kat* | |
| leaf | ithan7* | |
| night | kanah* | |
| dog | waiali* | |
| fish | ayn* | |
| louse | kanayhni* | |
| one | kanaka* | |
| two | pana* | |
| I | tai* | |
| you | way* | |
| we | lon* | |
| drink | na* | |
| see | ew* | |
| hear | nakas* | |
| die | to* | |
| come | wa* | |
| path | teyh* | |
| full | lankhato* |
* 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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