Matanau language
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Extinct Tupian language
| Matanau | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Aripuanã River |
| Ethnicity | Matanau |
| Era | attested 1829 |
Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Matanau is an extinct Tupian language of the Mondé group, formerly spoken at the mouth of the Aripuanã River.[1] It is solely documented by an 1829 wordlist by Johann Natterer. It is very similar to Kabanaé, which was spoken in the same region.[2]
| gloss | Matanau |
|---|---|
| cotton | a-kum-ziri |
| mouth | un-go |
| head | un-ndara |
| star | zoikab |
| fire | mukaen |
| sister | ambooi |
| lake | ikara |
| moon | gate-gat |
| axe | dabe-ʔaa |
| tree | iipui |
| wood | iib |
| hand | mabé |
| corn | meek |
| eye | un-za-kaba |
| jaguar | meko |
| ear | un-debipe |
| foot | bi-peːa |
| stone | caa |
| fish | bolib |
| white-lipped peccary | bebe |
| fox | awlöü |
| river | ikabe |
| blood | un-sziri |
| sun | gat |
| tobacco | manʃo |
| sand | a-ngiira |
| vulture | uikuu |
References
- 1 2 Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- ↑ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2014). "Natterer's Linguistic Heritage". In Weltmuseum Wien Friends (ed.). Archiv 63-64. ISBN 978-3-643-99824-8.
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