Kamakã languages

Small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía near Brazil's Atlantic coast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kamakã languages are a small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía, northeastern Brazil, composed of Kamakã, Kotoxó-Mongoyó, Menién, and Masakará.

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Kamakã
Kamakanan
Geographic
distribution
Bahía, Brazil
Linguistic classificationMacro-Jê
  • Kamakã
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologkama1371
Map of Kamakã languages
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Classification

Internal classification of the Kamakã languages:[1][2][3]

Kamakã

Masakará is the most divergent language.

Mason (1950)

Camacán (Kamakán) varieties listed by Mason (1950):[4]

Proto-language

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Proto-Kamakã
Reconstruction ofKamakã languages
Reconstructed
ancestors
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Proto-Kamakã reconstructions by Martins (2007):[1]

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Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Proto-Kamakã
águawater*tsã
andarto walk*mã
antatapir*here
araramacaw*tʃoke
arcobow*kwã
árvoretree*hi
bananabanana*tako
beberto drink*ka
beber (água)to drink (water)*tsã-ka
belobeautiful*tʃoho
bocamouth*eriko
brancowhite*kVhVro
cabeçahead*hero
cabelohair*ke
carnemeat*kohoaja
casahouse*toa
chuvarain*tsã
comerto eat*jukwa
dentetooth*tʃo
dormirto sleep*hondõ
esp. de bananabanana sp.*tako
estrelastar*pio
facaknife*ketʃa, *ketja
feijãobean*kinja
filhadaughter*kiaxrará
filha, filhodaughter, son*krani
filhoson*ketje
flechaarrow*hwaj, *waj
fogofire*tʃakɨ, *tjakɨ
irmãsister*tʃakarata, *jak(a)ratã
luamoon*hetʃe, *hedje
macacomonkey*kaũ
machadoaxe*kedo
madeirawood*hi)-ta
mandiocamanioc*kajɨ
mãohand*ker
meninoboy*kwanĩ
milhomaize*ketʃo
milhomaize*ketjo
muitovery*hie-hie
nariznose*niniko
olhoeye*keto
onça (Felis onça)jaguar (Felis)*jake
orelhaear*nikoka
paifather*kehentã
papagaioparrot*karaj
pássarobird*tʃano
pequenosmall*(V)ta
preto, negroblack*kwahda, *kwaxda
quaticoati*pitako
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