Yukpa
Yukpa is a Cariban language spoken in Colombia and Venezuela, by about 7,500 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Yukpa (Yuco, Yucpa, Yuko, Yupa) is a Cariban language, spoken by 3,000 people in Zulia State in Venezuela and 3,000 across the border in Colombia. It is also known as Carib Motilón, Macoíta, Northern Motilón, and Manso.
Río Casacará (Iroka) and Río Maracas are the main dialects, and different enough to possibly be considered separate languages. Also Caño Padilla–La Laguna. The Venezuelan dialects, Yrapa and Río Negro, are closer to Río Maracas than to Río Casacará.
Similarity to Japrería, the other Yupka language, is slight.
From Wikipedia · Yukpa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yukpa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | woréʔpa | |
| name | yose* | |
| eye | anu* | |
| ear | pana* | |
| nose | ona* | |
| tooth | y3* | |
| tongue | potaS* | |
| hand | oma* | |
| blood | muro* | |
| bone | yopo* | |
| skin | uSru* | |
| knee | pakura* | |
| breast | SeSe* | |
| liver | 3tore* | |
| water | kuna | |
| fire | yure* | |
| sun | wiyCo* | |
| star | Siku* | |
| stone | to* | |
| mountain | yowa* | |
| tree | we* | |
| leaf | yare* | |
| night | koko* | |
| fish | poSe* | |
| louse | kosowo* | |
| one | 3kuma* | |
| two | kosa* | |
| I | aw3* | |
| you | amo* | |
| we | nan* |
* 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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