Ngäbere
Ngäbere is a Chibchan language spoken in Costa Rica and Panama. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ngäbere, also known as Guaymí, Movere, Chiriquí, and Valiente, is a Chibchan language spoken by the Indigenous Ngäbe people in Panama and Costa Rica. The people refer to themselves as Ngäbe ([ˈŋɔbe]) and to their language as Ngäbere [ŋɔˈbeɾe]. The Ngäbes are the most populous of Panama's several Indigenous peoples.
The language is centered in Panama within the semi-autonomous Indigenous reservation known as the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé. Beginning in the 1950s, Costa Rica began to receive Ngäbe immigrants, where they are found in several Indigenous reservations: Abrojos Montezuma, Conteburica, Coto Brus, Guaymí de Alto Laguna de Osa, and Altos de San Antonio.
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Words in Ngäbere
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ni* | |
| name | ko* | |
| ear | olo* | |
| nose | inson* | |
| tooth | tu* | |
| tongue | tidro* | |
| hand | kise* | |
| blood | dori* | |
| bone | kro* | |
| skin | kuata* | |
| knee | Nokodokuo* | |
| breast | brutu* | |
| liver | moto* | |
| water | ñö | |
| fire | nio* | |
| sun | Niwana* | |
| star | muke* | |
| stone | xo* | |
| mountain | Nutuoe* | |
| tree | kri* | |
| leaf | kriko* | |
| night | deo* | |
| dog | nukro* | |
| fish | wa* | |
| louse | kun* | |
| one | bati* | |
| two | bobu* | |
| I | ti* | |
| you | mo* | |
| we | nun* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- BuglereChibchan13% alike
- East MakianAustronesian11% alike
- LaghuAustronesian11% alike
- Tagwana SenoufoAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- ChipewyanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit10% alike
- HwanaAfro-Asiatic10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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