Mebengokre
Mebengokre is a Nuclear-Macro-Je language spoken in Brazil, by about 7,100 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mẽbêngôkre (endonym: Mẽbêngôkre kabẽn [mẽbeŋoˈkɾɛ kaˈbɛ̃n]), sometimes referred to as Kayapó, is a Northern Jê language (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Kayapó and the Xikrin people in the north of Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil. There are around 8,600 native speakers since 2010 based on the 2015 Ethnologue 18th edition. Due to the number of speakers and the influence of Portuguese speakers, the language stands at a sixth level of endangerment; in which the materials for literacy and education in Mẽbêngôkre are very limited.
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Words in Mebengokre
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | no* | |
| ear | yamak* | |
| tooth | wa* | |
| blood | kamro* | |
| skin | k3* | |
| knee | kon* | |
| liver | ma | |
| water | ngô | |
| fire | kuw3* | |
| sun | m3t* | |
| stone | kẽn | |
| tree | pi* | |
| dog | rop* | |
| fish | tep | |
| louse | ngôre | |
| one | pudi* | |
| two | amaikrut* | |
| I | ba* | |
| you | ga* | |
| we | gway* | |
| drink | iko* | |
| see | pumu* | |
| hear | mari* | |
| die | tuk* | |
| come | te* | |
| path | pri* | |
| new | ni* | |
| full | ipu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- ApinayéNuclear-Macro-Je70% alike
- Central-Southern TimbiraNuclear-Macro-Je53% alike
- SuyáNuclear-Macro-Je45% alike
- Pará GaviãoNuclear-Macro-Je36% alike
- Northeastern TimbiraNuclear-Macro-Je27% alike
- PanaráNuclear-Macro-Je20% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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