Waurá
Waurá is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil, by about 320 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people. It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.
From Wikipedia · Waurá language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Waurá
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | toneju | |
| name | kupina* | |
| eye | uyutai* | |
| ear | tulu* | |
| nose | kici* | |
| tooth | cewe* | |
| tongue | nei* | |
| hand | waZ3kui* | |
| blood | iZai* | |
| bone | nap3* | |
| skin | mai* | |
| knee | Cetui* | |
| breast | h3* | |
| liver | nupana* | |
| water | uno | |
| fire | icei* | |
| sun | kam3* | |
| star | kalut3* | |
| stone | t3pa* | |
| tree | ata* | |
| leaf | atapana* | |
| night | yiyawa* | |
| dog | awaulukuma* | |
| fish | kupati | |
| louse | nece* | |
| one | pawã | |
| two | mepiyawa* | |
| I | natu* | |
| you | pitsu* | |
| we | aitsu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Grammar
- PaunakaArawakan86% alike
- YineArawakan83% alike
- AchaguaArawakan82% alike
- Amri KarbiSino-Tibetan82% alike
- LamkangSino-Tibetan82% alike
- Sizang ChinSino-Tibetan81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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