Sikuani
Sikuani is a Guahiboan language spoken in Colombia and Venezuela, by about 23 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Guahibo, the native language of the Guahibo people, is a Guahiban language that is spoken by about 23,006 people in Colombia and additional 8,428 in Venezuela. There is a 40% rate of monolingualism, and a 45% literacy rate.
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Words in Sikuani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | petíri-waː | |
| person | hiwi* | |
| name | w3in3* | |
| eye | taxuto* | |
| ear | muxuyoroto* | |
| nose | pumu* | |
| tooth | wonoto* | |
| tongue | bar3to* | |
| hand | kobe* | |
| blood | hana* | |
| bone | sito* | |
| skin | perab3to* | |
| knee | matabaka* | |
| breast | mito* | |
| liver | hapato* | |
| water | mera | |
| fire | isoto* | |
| sun | huameto* | |
| star | tuluputo* | |
| stone | iboto* | |
| mountain | ibocuto* | |
| tree | nae* | |
| leaf | baxuto* | |
| night | merawi* | |
| dog | awiri* | |
| fish | duhuai* | |
| louse | tar3to* | |
| one | kae* | |
| two | aniha* | |
| I | xan3* |
* 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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