Playero
Playero is a Guahiboan language spoken in Colombia and Venezuela. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Playero is a Guahiban language spoken by about 244 people in Colombia and Venezuela. Speakers are somewhat acculterated and bilingual in Spanish. Playero adults use the language commonly, but it is not taught in schools.
From Wikipedia · Playero language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Playero
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | petíri-wa | |
| person | hiwmone* | |
| name | aw3n3* | |
| eye | taxuto* | |
| ear | muxuyoroto* | |
| nose | pumu* | |
| tooth | wanto* | |
| tongue | borto* | |
| hand | kobe* | |
| blood | hana* | |
| bone | pihibo* | |
| skin | perabto* | |
| knee | matapar3heto* | |
| breast | mito* | |
| liver | hapato* | |
| water | miní | |
| fire | isoto* | |
| sun | ekotia* | |
| star | ipitahito* | |
| stone | iboto* | |
| mountain | iraya3ka* | |
| tree | ne* | |
| leaf | bax3to* | |
| night | merewi* | |
| dog | awiri* | |
| fish | bopi* | |
| louse | tar3to* | |
| one | ompawa* | |
| two | nahuawabehe* | |
| I | xan3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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