Yagua

Nijyamïï Nikyejaada

Yagua is a Peba-Yagua language spoken in Colombia and Peru, by about 5,700 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Yagua · 3.4°S 72.2°W

Yagua ( YAH-gwah) is a language spoken primarily in northeastern Peru by the Yagua people. As of 2005, it appears that a few speakers may have migrated across the Peruvian-Colombian border near the town of Leticia. A third of the population is monolingual, and Yagua is the language of instruction in local primary schools.

From Wikipedia · Yagua language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Ne sarupay nijyami cumudeju darvantyamuy javatyasjiu. Jachipiyadati mirvara samirva, mirvamuy ne samirva. Ramunltiy sarivichanichara samirvariy jityunu vichavay.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Yagua

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	nihyamw3*
name	citya*
eye	can3ci*
ear	catuway*
nose	canruci*
tooth	cahanda*
tongue	candacyi*
hand	cahomutu*
blood	nunda*
bone	candu*
skin	cahay*
knee	candaci*
breast	candutuy*
liver	cuwatu*
water	ja̱
fire	h3nday*
sun	hinyi*
star	nundaicy*
stone	rawicyu*
tree	n3nu*
leaf	naw3*
night	nuupora*
dog	nimbyi*
louse	rudn3*
one	tarak3*
two	narahuy*
I	ray*
you	hiy*
we	nuy*
drink	cahatu*