Tapieté
Tapieté is a Tupian language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tapieté is a subdialect of Eastern Bolivian Guaraní. It is also known as Guasurango, Guasurangue, Tirumbae, Yanaigua, Ñanagua, and Nandeva.
From Wikipedia · Tapieté dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tapieté
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kwareta* | |
| name | re7e* | |
| eye | resa* | |
| ear | nambi* | |
| nose | nti* | |
| tooth | ra3* | |
| tongue | nku* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | ruw3* | |
| bone | nkawe* | |
| skin | pire* | |
| knee | r3mp37a* | |
| breast | nku* | |
| liver | p37a* | |
| water | 3w3ra* | |
| fire | tata* | |
| sun | kwaras3* | |
| star | yas3tata* | |
| stone | y3tak3* | |
| mountain | samp3nka* | |
| tree | 3w3ra* | |
| leaf | hok3* | |
| night | p3ntu* | |
| dog | 5a73mba* | |
| fish | pira* | |
| louse | k3* | |
| one | pente* | |
| two | monkoi* | |
| I | Se* | |
| you | nde* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- KaiwáTupian59% alike
- Eastern Bolivian GuaraníTupian57% alike
- Urubú-KaaporTupian47% alike
- Mbyá GuaraníTupian46% alike
- Avá-CanoeiroTupian46% alike
- GuarayuTupian45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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