Sabanê
Sabanê is a Nambiquaran language spoken in Brazil, by about 3 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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The Sabanê language is one of the three major groups of languages spoken in the Nambikwara family. The groups of people who speak this language were located in the extreme north of the Nambikwara territory in the Rondônia and Mato Grosso states of western Brazil, between the Tenente Marques River and Juruena River. Today, most members of the group are found in the Pyreneus de Souza Indigenous Territory in the state of Rondonia.
As of 2004, there are three native and two non-native speakers of the Sabanê language, with all the speakers being more than 50 years old. With no apparent transmission level, this language is considered as highly endangered when compared to the other two Nambikwara languages which have higher levels of transmission and preservation.
From Wikipedia · Sabanê language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sabanê
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | iwlat* | |
| eye | ikukusi* | |
| ear | anakapalonon* | |
| nose | iamisunon* | |
| tooth | awi* | |
| tongue | iusupala* | |
| hand | apipa* | |
| blood | iama* | |
| bone | isu* | |
| skin | iekusi* | |
| knee | inumakatasi* | |
| breast | ilita* | |
| liver | ili* | |
| water | ninu7* | |
| fire | ani* | |
| sun | iwta* | |
| star | iwnua* | |
| stone | tapulisi* | |
| tree | apina* | |
| leaf | asasi* | |
| dog | wayulu* | |
| fish | bose* | |
| louse | aymoti* | |
| one | kata* | |
| two | bala* | |
| I | towali* | |
| you | uli* | |
| we | pi* | |
| drink | inay* | |
| see | ip* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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- FonAtlantic-Congo10% alike
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · saba1268 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sae