Sirionó

mbia cheë

Sirionó is a Tupian language spoken in Bolivia, by about 400 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

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Sirionó · 15.5°S 64.0°W

Sirionó (Mbia Cheë; also written as Mbya, Siriono) is a Tupian (Tupi–Guarani, Subgroup II) language spoken by about 400 Sirionó people (50 are monolingual) and 120 Yuqui in eastern Bolivia (eastern Beni and northwestern Santa Cruz departments) in the village of Ibiato (Eviato) and along the Río Blanco in farms and ranches.

From Wikipedia · Sirionó language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Nande nyaacuquia ramo mose, mbae mo aba mbecoteã arõneãnte i jachõ nandere, nande resenda rese.

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

Words in Sirionó

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	mia*
name	ere*
eye	resa*
ear	isa*
tooth	rei*
tongue	ko*
blood	ruki*
bone	kyaNe*
skin	ire*
knee	Nia*
breast	kia*
liver	ya*
water	i
fire	tata*
sun	tena*
star	Nasitata*
stone	sita*
mountain	ibiibate*
tree	ira*
leaf	ero*
night	isa*
dog	5akwa*
fish	sira*
louse	ki*
one	mi*
two	5eremo*
I	se*
you	ne*
we	nane*
drink	mei*