Suruí Do Pará
Suruí Do Pará is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Suruí do Pará dialect of the Tupian Akwáwa language of Brazil is spoken in the Araguaia region in the state Pará and in the town of São João do Araguaia. It is written in the Latin script, but literacy in Suruí do Pará is extremely low.
Suruí do Pará is regarded as a dialect of Akwáwa by linguists such as Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues. The other two dialects of Akwáwa are Parakanã and Asuriní of Tocantins.
From Wikipedia · Suruí do Pará language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Suruí Do Pará
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | era* | |
| eye | eha* | |
| ear | nami* | |
| nose | ti* | |
| tooth | hoi* | |
| tongue | ku* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | uw3* | |
| bone | koN* | |
| skin | pir* | |
| knee | kanawa* | |
| breast | kom* | |
| liver | p37a* | |
| fire | tata* | |
| sun | kwarah3* | |
| star | yah3tat3* | |
| stone | ita* | |
| mountain | 3w3t3r* | |
| tree | 3w3ra* | |
| leaf | how* | |
| night | p3tum* | |
| dog | ma7esawara* | |
| fish | ipira* | |
| louse | k3wa* | |
| one | uyepeye* | |
| two | namukui* | |
| I | iye* | |
| you | ene* | |
| we | yene* | |
| drink | 37u* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- Tocantins AsuriniTupian53% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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