Uaçá Creole French
Uaçá Creole French is an Indo-European language spoken in Brazil, by about 1,726 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Karipúna French Creole, also known as Amapá French Creole and Lanc-Patuá, is a French-based creole language spoken by the Karipúna community, which lives in the Uaçá Indian Reservation in the Brazilian state of Amapá, on the Curipi and Oyapock rivers. It is mostly French-lexified except for flora and fauna terms, with a complex mix of substratum languages—most notably the Arawakan Karipúna language, identical with Palikúr.
Anonby notes that Portuguese tends to be the mother tongue for speakers under 60 in the Karipúna community, and Karipúna French Creole is the mother tongue primarily only for speakers over 60.
From Wikipedia · Karipúna French Creole · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Uaçá Creole French
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | uóm | |
| woman | fam | |
| person | mun* | |
| name | no* | |
| eye | wei* | |
| ear | zohe* | |
| nose | ne* | |
| tooth | da* | |
| tongue | laN* | |
| hand | lame* | |
| blood | jisa* | |
| bone | zo* | |
| skin | lapo* | |
| knee | Zunu* | |
| breast | pothin* | |
| liver | fwa* | |
| water | dlo | |
| fire | djife | |
| sun | solei* | |
| star | ztwel* | |
| stone | hoS* | |
| tree | bwa* | |
| leaf | fei* | |
| night | nuit* | |
| dog | Se* | |
| fish | pwaso* | |
| louse | pu* | |
| one | un* | |
| two | de* | |
| I | mo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Guianese Creole FrenchIndo-European73% alike
- HaitianIndo-European62% alike
- Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole FrenchIndo-European60% alike
- Saint Lucian Creole FrenchIndo-European55% alike
- Réunion Creole FrenchIndo-European53% alike
- MorisyenIndo-European52% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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