Záparo
Záparo is a Zaparoan language spoken in Peru and Ecuador. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Záparo is a nearly extinct language spoken by the Sápara, or Záparo, people of Ecuador. As of 2000, it was spoken by only one person out of a total population of 170 in Pastaza Province, between the Curaray and Bobonaza rivers. Záparo is also known as Zápara and Kayapwe. The members of the Záparo ethnic group now speak Quichua, though there is a language revival effort beginning. Záparo is sometimes confused with Andoa, though the two languages are distinct. Záparo has a subject–verb–object word order.
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Written down
Kawiriaja kayapuina ichaukui ta nuka pucha panicha kupanimajicha cha nuka nishima ikicha kiniana panicha tamanuka kanata ikimajicha.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Záparo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | akamínu | |
| hand | rámaha | |
| heart | w̲íhiá | |
| liver | káwaha | |
| water | murichaha | |
| leaf | wíka | |
| dog | ariawko | |
| bird | pishaka |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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