Matsés

Matsés is a Pano-Tacanan language spoken in Brazil and Peru, by about 2,200 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Matsés · 5.7°S 72.6°W

Matsés, also referred to as Mayoruna in Brazil, is an indigenous language utilized by the Matsés, inhabitants of the border regions of Brazil and Peru. Matsés communities are located along the Javari River basin of the Amazon, which forms part of the border between Brazil and Peru; hence the term river people. This term, previously used by Jesuits to refer to inhabitants of that area, is not formally a word in the Matsés language. The language is vigorous and is spoken by all age groups in the Matsés communities. Several other indigenous are also spoken in Matsés communities by women captured from neighboring tribes and some mixture of the languages occur. Dialects are Peruvian Matsés, Brazilian Matsés, and the extinct Paud Usunkid.

From Wikipedia · Matsés language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Chidon tishaido yec matses abitedimbo bëdamboec isnanac bëdambo ictsiash. Chieshnanac icsambo ictsiash. Abitedimbo bëdamboec tabadac bëdambo ictsiash. Shubu abentsëcquidën tabadac birnboec abitedi tabadac bëdambo ictsiash - quequin chuipanëdash nidaid abitedinoësh cho-choquidon.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Matsés

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	chido
eye	eSe*
ear	pabiate*
nose	debiate*
tooth	Seta*
tongue	anusudte*
hand	medante*
blood	inta*
bone	kanidte*
skin	bici*
knee	daneS*
liver	isese*
water	acte
fire	kwete*
sun	badiadanCeNkekit*
star	wispa*
stone	kwenote*
mountain	kwetetayunnimedu*
tree	kwete*
night	enCeS*
fish	nuekit*
one	abence*
two	daed*
I	ebi*
you	mibi*
we	noki*
drink	a*
see	is*
hear	tanteo*
come	Co*