Pumé
Pumé is a language isolate spoken in Colombia and Venezuela. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
The Pumé language (also called Yuapín or Yaruro, also spelled Llaruro or Yaruru) is an indigenous language isolate spoken by 9,500 of the Pumé people, along the Orinoco, Cinaruco, Meta, and Apure rivers of Venezuela. It is not well classified; it may be distantly related to the extinct Esmeraldeño language or the Chocoan language family.
From Wikipedia · Pumé language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Pumé
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pume* | |
| name | ke* | |
| eye | daCo* | |
| ear | tarapuE* | |
| nose | ibu* | |
| tooth | hodE* | |
| tongue | thopono* | |
| hand | iCi* | |
| blood | goe* | |
| bone | hu* | |
| knee | huCatu* | |
| breast | CuCu* | |
| liver | ma* | |
| water | ui | |
| fire | khodE* | |
| sun | do* | |
| star | boE* | |
| stone | tadE* | |
| mountain | yami* | |
| tree | to* | |
| leaf | tophuda* | |
| night | geneme* | |
| dog | aure* | |
| fish | Co* | |
| louse | ne* | |
| one | khareme* | |
| two | yoari* | |
| I | kodE* | |
| you | mene* | |
| we | arore* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KimbunduAtlantic-Congo13% alike
- MigaamaAfro-Asiatic12% alike
- NyokonAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- Warta ThuntaiYam11% alike
- Wali (Sudan)Nubian10% alike
- NyankoleAtlantic-Congo10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · pume1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yae