Southern Nambikuára
Southern Nambikuára is a Nambiquaran language spoken in Brazil, by about 720 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Nambikwara (also called Nambiquara and Southern Nambiquara to distinguish it from Mamaindê) is an indigenous language spoken by the Nambikwara, who reside on federal reserves covering approximately 50,000 square kilometres of land in Mato Grosso and neighbouring parts of Rondônia in Brazil. UNESCO’s Atlas of the World Languages in Danger classifies Nambikwara as vulnerable.
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Words in Southern Nambikuára
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | txu¹su² | |
| name | ili* | |
| eye | yena* | |
| ear | nenen* | |
| nose | wanen* | |
| tooth | wi* | |
| tongue | yohelu* | |
| hand | hiki* | |
| blood | tihayaus7u* | |
| bone | susu* | |
| skin | walu* | |
| knee | sukwalaulen* | |
| breast | nunki* | |
| liver | hilu* | |
| water | ĩ̱³yau³sxu² | |
| fire | haneairawa* | |
| sun | uCenaki* | |
| star | hikata* | |
| stone | tahli* | |
| mountain | walu* | |
| tree | hisakat* | |
| leaf | waihnanaitanta* | |
| night | kanahti* | |
| dog | waiali* | |
| fish | ainsu | |
| louse | kanihne* | |
| one | kanaki* | |
| two | hali* | |
| I | taili* | |
| you | waina* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MamaindéNambiquaran29% alike
- SabanêNambiquaran13% alike
- KutepAtlantic-Congo9% alike
- Cypriot ArabicAfro-Asiatic9% alike
- Pottangi Ollar GadabaDravidian9% alike
- DompoAtlantic-Congo9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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