Tanimuca-Retuarã
Tanimuca-Retuarã is a Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia, by about 300 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tanimuca-Retuarã is a Tucanoan language of Colombia, spoken by 300 people of the Tanimuca and Retuarã, two Indigenous peoples of Colombia. Typologically, it exhibits a basic subject–object–verb word order and is predominantly suffixing. It has been heavily influenced by Yucuna, another language of the region and classified within the Arawakan language family. Despite the influence from Yucuna and neighbouring Macuna, "the language is still spoken on all occasions".
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Words in Tanimuca-Retuarã
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | rõbõ | |
| person | po7ibaha* | |
| name | wabea* | |
| eye | yakoa* | |
| ear | abua* | |
| nose | obea* | |
| tooth | opia* | |
| tongue | rerokaka* | |
| hand | pitaka* | |
| blood | riwea* | |
| bone | u7a* | |
| skin | ahea* | |
| knee | y3karupua* | |
| breast | u7pea* | |
| liver | kasia* | |
| water | okoa | |
| fire | peka* | |
| sun | aiyaka* | |
| star | tapia* | |
| stone | ata* | |
| mountain | pusia* | |
| tree | yapua* | |
| leaf | puyua* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | yaiwekoa* | |
| fish | wa7ia* | |
| louse | i7ia* | |
| one | ira* | |
| two | 3pa* | |
| I | yi7i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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