Tuparí
Tuparí is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tuparí is an indigenous language of Brazil. It is one of six Tupari languages of the Tupian language family. The Tuparí language, and its people, is located predominantly within the state of Rondônia, though speakers are also present in the state of Acre on the Terra Indıgena Rio Branco. There are roughly 350 speakers of this language, with the total number of members of this ethnic group being around 600.
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Words in Tuparí
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | het* | |
| eye | epa* | |
| ear | apsirip7a* | |
| nose | amsi* | |
| tooth | yay* | |
| tongue | ope* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | ei* | |
| bone | akan7a* | |
| skin | pe* | |
| knee | miaN7a* | |
| breast | kem* | |
| liver | si7a* | |
| water | yika* | |
| fire | kopkap* | |
| sun | kiakop* | |
| star | koepaepa7iri* | |
| stone | wa7i* | |
| mountain | totet* | |
| tree | kip* | |
| leaf | ep* | |
| night | sim7e* | |
| dog | ameko* | |
| fish | ipot* | |
| louse | kip* | |
| one | kie* | |
| two | hiri* | |
| I | on* | |
| you | en* | |
| we | kine* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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