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Tenetehara

Tenetehara is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Tenetehara · 2.6°S 48.2°W

Tenetehára is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in the state of Maranhão in Brazil. Sociolinguistically, it is two languages, each spoken by the Guajajara and the Tembé people, though these are mutually intelligible. Tembé was spoken by less than a quarter of its ethnic population of 820 in 2000; Guajajara, on the other hand, is more robust, being spoken by two-thirds of its 20,000 people.

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Words in Tenetehara

MeaningWordRomanization
nameer*
eyeeha*
earnami*
noseci*
toothi3*
tonguepiku*
handpo*
blood3w3kwer*
bonekaN*
skinpirer*
kneepeneraN*
breastkam*
liverp37a*
waterʔɨ
firetata*
sunkwarah3*
star3ah3tata*
stoneita*
mountain3w3t3r*
treew3rapar*
leafka7aruere*
nightp3tun*
dogiawara*
fishpira*
lousek3w*
onepitei*
twomokoy*
Iihe*
youne*
weyane*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

AnambéAmanayéTuriwáraUrubú-Kaapor Sign LanguageTocantins AsuriniUrubú-KaaporAurê y AuráLíngua de sinais FortalezinhaMarajo Sign LanguageGuajá

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