Wari'
Wari' is a Chapacuran language spoken in Brazil, by about 1,930 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Wariʼ language (also Orowari, Wari, Pacaá Novo, Pacaás Novos, Pakaa Nova, Pakaásnovos) is the sole remaining vibrant language of the Chapacuran language family of the Brazilian–Bolivian border region of the Amazon. It has about 2,700 speakers of the Wariʼ people, who live along tributaries of the Pacaas Novos river in Western Brazil. The word wariʼ means "we!" in the Wariʼ language and is the term given to the language and tribe by its speakers. Wariʼ is written in the Latin script.
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Words in Wari'
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | wiCiCi7* | |
| eye | tok* | |
| ear | tara* | |
| nose | weret* | |
| tooth | CiCi* | |
| tongue | petehwet* | |
| hand | mi* | |
| blood | kiCi7* | |
| bone | ara* | |
| skin | tapari* | |
| knee | ta* | |
| breast | karaCi* | |
| liver | tarawana* | |
| water | com | |
| fire | Ce* | |
| sun | Cina* | |
| star | piyo7* | |
| stone | pakun* | |
| mountain | pakun* | |
| tree | pana* | |
| leaf | tan* | |
| night | Cim* | |
| dog | oromiyak* | |
| fish | hwam | |
| louse | io7* | |
| one | Cika7pe* | |
| two | tukukarakan* | |
| I | wata7* | |
| you | wum* | |
| we | wari7* |
* 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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