Sanumá
Sanöma
Sanumá is a Yanomamic language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sanöma or Sanumá is a Yanomaman language spoken in Venezuela and Brazil. It is also known as Sanema, Sanima, Tsanuma, Samatari, Samatali, Xamatari and Chirichano.
Most of its speakers in Venezuela also speak Ye'kuana, also known as Maquiritare, the language of the Ye'kuana people the Sanumá live alongside in the Caura River basin.
From Wikipedia · Sanöma language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sanumá
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | can3ma* | |
| name | wah* | |
| eye | mamo* | |
| ear | c3m3ka* | |
| nose | hua* | |
| tooth | na* | |
| tongue | aka* | |
| hand | mathaami* | |
| blood | i3* | |
| bone | tu* | |
| skin | 3s3* | |
| knee | maeko* | |
| breast | pilipaluku* | |
| liver | amok3* | |
| water | maatu | |
| fire | koataka* | |
| sun | motok3* | |
| star | Sitikali* | |
| stone | mama* | |
| mountain | heu* | |
| tree | hiti* | |
| leaf | hena* | |
| night | numinumi* | |
| dog | pole* | |
| fish | salaka | |
| louse | noma* | |
| one | cami* | |
| two | polakapi* | |
| I | kamiCa* | |
| you | kaomak* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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