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Shawi

Shawi is a Cahuapanan language spoken in Peru, by about 14 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Shawi · 5.6°S 76.8°W

Shawi (Chayahuita, Chayahuita: Kanpunan 'our language') is an endangered Amazonian language spoken by thousands of native Chayahuita people in the Amazon basin of north-central Peru. Spoken along the banks of the Paranapura, Cahuapanas, Sillay, and Shanusi rivers, it is also known as Chayawita, Shawi, Chawi, Tshaahui, Chayhuita, Chayabita, Shayabit, Balsapuertino, Paranapura, and Cahuapa. It is one of the most actively spoken languages in its region.

From Wikipedia · Shawi language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Ya'ipi piyapinpoa' capini noya ninosorocaso' ya'huërin. Ya'ipinpoa' yonquirëhua'. Noya nicacaso' nitotërëhua'. Napoaton iyanpoa pochin ninosorocaso' ya 'huërin.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Shawi

MeaningWordRomanization
womansanapiri
personpiyapi*
nameninin*
eyeya7pira*
earw3rat37*
nosenit37*
toothnat37*
tonguen3n3ra*
handimira*
bloodw3nai7*
bonenans37*
skinSa7w3t37*
kneetu7tupit37*
breastSu7Su*
liverkankan*
wateri'sha
firep3n*
sunpi7i*
startayura*
stonena7pi*
mountainmutupi*
treenara*
leafw3run*
nighttaSi7*
dogni7nira*
fishsami*
louset3m3n*
onea7na7*
twokatu7*
Ika*

* 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.

Nearby languages

MunicheJeberoChachapoyas QuechuaAguarunaChamicuroHibitoSan Martín QuechuaCandoshi-ShapraOmuranoUrarina

Elsewhere

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