Yawalapití
Yawalapití is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil, by about 8 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Yawalapiti (Jaulapiti) is an Arawakan language of Brazil. The Agavotaguerra (Agavotoqueng) reportedly spoke the same language. Speakers of the language live in a village along the edge of the river Tuatuari, a tributary of the Kuluene River, located in the southern part of the Xingu Indigenous Park (Upper Xingu), in the state of Mato Grosso.
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Words in Yawalapití
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | kipina* | |
| eye | urita* | |
| ear | c3r3* | |
| nose | CiSi* | |
| tooth | c3w3* | |
| tongue | 53t3* | |
| hand | wiriku* | |
| blood | iSa* | |
| bone | api* | |
| skin | ma* | |
| knee | kipulu* | |
| breast | tinawtihi* | |
| liver | nupana* | |
| fire | S3* | |
| sun | kami* | |
| star | wiCiCi* | |
| stone | tipa* | |
| mountain | taputaputako* | |
| tree | ata* | |
| leaf | atapana* | |
| night | ikunuakaCi* | |
| dog | wayuluku* | |
| fish | kupati | |
| louse | 53* | |
| one | pawa* | |
| two | puri5ama* | |
| I | natu* | |
| you | tiSu* | |
| we | aSu* | |
| drink | tuka* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- WauráArawakan41% alike
- MehinákuArawakan31% alike
- PalikúrArawakan16% alike
- Yavitero-PareniArawakan14% alike
- Maipure-AvaneArawakan13% alike
- SaravecaArawakan12% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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