Nadëb
Nadëb is a Naduhup language spoken in Brazil, by about 370 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Nadëb or Kaburi is a Nadahup language of the Brazilian Amazon, along the Uneiuxi, Japura, and Negro rivers. Various names for it include Nadöbö, Xïriwai, Hahöb, Guariba/Wariwa, Kaborí, Anodöub, sometimes compounded with the term Maku, as in Maku do Paraná Boá-Boá after one of the rivers in Nadëb territory.
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Words in Nadëb
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | h3d* | |
| eye | tum* | |
| ear | buy* | |
| nose | po7* | |
| tooth | tog* | |
| tongue | gad* | |
| hand | moh* | |
| blood | yuw* | |
| bone | ku7* | |
| skin | buh* | |
| knee | tarodnuh* | |
| breast | bi* | |
| liver | hoh* | |
| water | mi | |
| fire | yu7* | |
| sun | papuy* | |
| stone | p37* | |
| tree | pow* | |
| leaf | bakad* | |
| night | Tom* | |
| dog | awal* | |
| fish | tahüb | |
| louse | nam* | |
| one | SEt* | |
| two | tumwop* | |
| I | uh* | |
| you | om* | |
| we | or* | |
| drink | ok* | |
| hear | wo7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- DâwNaduhup35% alike
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- Copala TriquiOtomanguean13% alike
- Juquila MixeMixe-Zoque10% alike
- AnaangAtlantic-Congo9% alike
Grammar
- BorumNuclear-Macro-Je83% alike
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- TepecanoUto-Aztecan80% alike
- Highland TotonacTotonacan80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · nade1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mbj