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Yucuna

Yucuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, by about 1,800 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Yucuna · 0.8°S 71.0°W

Yucuna (Jukuna), also known as Matapi, Yucuna-Matapi, and Yukunais, is an Arawakan language spoken in several communities along the Mirití-Paraná River in Colombia. Extinct Guarú (Garú) was either a dialect or a closely related language. Yucuna is a polysynthetic language, and it uses SVO word order.

The Matapi, a Tucanoan people, lived at the headwaters of the Popeyacá and Yapiyá, tributaries to the Miriti River and Apaporis River but most may have been sold as slaves or moved to Brazil. The remainder joined the Yucuna.

From Wikipedia · Yucuna language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Yucuna

MeaningWordRomanization
womaninanáru
personina7uke*
nameihi*
eyeexlu*
earexwi*
nosetaku*
toothiN*
tonguelena*
handyate7ela*
bloodera*
bonephina*
skinema*
kneeerupaCi*
breastCu7uCure*
liverpanahi*
waterjuni
firekera7atani*
sunkamu*
stariwixri*
stonehipa*
mountainyenuri*
treea7awana*
leafwiCu7uphe*
nightlapi*
dogyawipirakana*
fishhi5a*
louseinehi*
onepahluwaha*
twoiyama*
Inukha*

* 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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CoerunaYahunaTanimuca-RetuarãEnvueltoResígaroKueretuBarasana-EduriaCabiyaríUainuma-MariateYupua

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