Mapidian-Mawayana
Mapidian-Mawayana is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Mawayana (Mahuayana), also known as Mapidian (Maopidyán), is a moribund Arawakan language of northern South America. It used to be spoken by Mawayana people living in ethnic Wai-wai and Tiriyó villages in Brazil, Guyana and Suriname. As of 2015, the last two speakers of the language are living in Kwamalasamutu.
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Words in Mapidian-Mawayana
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | as3na* | |
| name | r3renka* | |
| eye | roso* | |
| ear | Sidya* | |
| nose | tiba* | |
| tongue | yoyoba* | |
| hand | k3ba* | |
| blood | k3w3de* | |
| bone | k3b3* | |
| skin | mada* | |
| knee | uruduru* | |
| liver | Suba* | |
| water | wune | |
| fire | Sinari* | |
| sun | kamu* | |
| star | siwaru* | |
| stone | k3ba* | |
| mountain | r3n3* | |
| tree | aCamina* | |
| leaf | ranaba* | |
| night | t3boko7a* | |
| dog | yimada* | |
| fish | kuw3* | |
| louse | nni* | |
| one | aboy5a* | |
| two | adaka* | |
| I | nu* | |
| you | ri* | |
| we | waw3* | |
| drink | iukure* |
* 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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