Ninam
Ninam is a Yanomamic language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ninam, or Yanam, is a Yanomaman language spoken in Roraima, Brazil (800 speakers) and southern Venezuela near the Mucajai, upper Uraricaá, and Paragua rivers.
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Words in Ninam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ninam* | |
| name | waha* | |
| eye | pilimamo* | |
| ear | yumuk* | |
| nose | hukak* | |
| tooth | pilinak* | |
| tongue | piliaka* | |
| hand | uthak* | |
| blood | iep* | |
| bone | pilithu* | |
| skin | pilisi* | |
| knee | mahekok* | |
| breast | thuk3k* | |
| liver | amok* | |
| water | hunɨ | |
| fire | wake* | |
| sun | mothok* | |
| star | polemahuk* | |
| stone | mama* | |
| mountain | olina* | |
| tree | witihi* | |
| leaf | hena* | |
| night | th3mtututhehe* | |
| dog | okolo* | |
| fish | yalaka | |
| louse | noma* | |
| one | moli* | |
| two | kup* | |
| I | kamiye* | |
| you | kahowa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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