Nomatsiguenga

Nomatsiguenga is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru, by about 6,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Nomatsiguenga (Matsigenka) is an Arawakan language of Peru. It is close enough to Machiguenga to sometimes be considered dialects of a single language, especially given that both are spoken by the Machiguenga people. Most speakers are monolingual.

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Written down

Antagaisati matsiguenga ibogaiguë matsiguengasonorl. Aisati icantaigaca. Teni iromerataiguengani. Antagaisati iquengaigui aisati igóiguiro ora caninaro aisati igóiguiro ora te onganinate. Iroro caninataque omagaro matsiguenga iraniacaninataigueri ira basiniati matsiguenga aisati ingantaiguerí ora caninaro.

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

Words in Nomatsiguenga

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	tsínané
name	ihipahiro*
eye	iroki*
ear	nagemita*
nose	nageci*
tooth	irai*
tongue	nanine*
hand	ibako*
blood	araci*
bone	notoNi*
skin	masici*
knee	nagerito*
breast	ocomi*
liver	nompana*
water	nijá
fire	pamari*
sun	paba*
star	honogasati*
stone	mope*
mountain	ogitoha*
tree	anCato*
leaf	cipana*
night	citiniri*
dog	ociti*
fish	sima*
louse	neci*
one	paniro*
two	piteni*
I	naro*
you	obiro*