Sáliba
Sáliba is a Saliban language spoken in Colombia and Venezuela, by about 1,500 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Saliba (Spanish: Sáliba, Sáliva) is an Indigenous language of Eastern Colombia and Venezuela. Saliba was used by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century to communicate with Indigenous peoples of the Meta, Orinoco, and Vichada valleys. An 1856 watercolor by Manuel María Paz is an early depiction of the Saliva people in Casanare Province.
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Words in Sáliba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ɲaaxu | |
| person | hoxo* | |
| eye | paxu* | |
| ear | axoxo* | |
| nose | ixu* | |
| tooth | oi7xu* | |
| tongue | anene* | |
| hand | umo* | |
| blood | kwa7o* | |
| skin | ixexe* | |
| knee | 5oxo7o* | |
| breast | yu7yu* | |
| water | caha | |
| stone | inaCu* | |
| mountain | inako7o* | |
| tree | nuguhu* | |
| leaf | oxoxo* | |
| louse | huwo* | |
| one | hotabe* | |
| two | tomesaga* | |
| I | hisi* | |
| you | uku* | |
| we | axu* | |
| drink | ogw* | |
| hear | ia7s* | |
| die | a7e7* | |
| come | o7m* | |
| path | mana* | |
| full | hi5a* |
* 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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