Tucano
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Tucano is a Tucanoan language spoken in Brazil and Colombia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym yeʼpâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé, is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.
Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.
From Wikipedia · Tucano language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tucano
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | bãsṍ | |
| person | basa* | |
| name | wabe* | |
| eye | kapea* | |
| ear | o7bepero* | |
| nose | e7kea* | |
| tooth | upika* | |
| tongue | yebero* | |
| hand | oboka* | |
| blood | di* | |
| bone | o7a* | |
| skin | kasero* | |
| knee | 3sepekua* | |
| breast | opero* | |
| liver | yebeturi* | |
| water | okó | |
| fire | pekabe7e* | |
| sun | buhipu3b3kokh3* | |
| star | yokoaw3* | |
| stone | 3ta* | |
| mountain | bu7a* | |
| tree | yuk3g3* | |
| leaf | puri* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | diayi* | |
| fish | wa7i* | |
| louse | i7iaw3* | |
| one | dika* | |
| two | p3a* | |
| I | y373* |
* 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.
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