Social:Matanawi language
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Short description: Extinct divergent language of Brazil
| Matanawí | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonas |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Macro-Warpean ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qfu | |
| Glottolog | mata1275[1] |
Matanawi (Matanauí, Mitandua, Moutoniway) was a divergent Amazonian language that appears to be distantly related to the Muran languages. It was originally spoken on the Castanha River and Madeirinha River in Amazonas State.[2]
Vocabulary
The only existing word list for Matanawi is that of Curt Nimuendajú (1925).[3]
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Matanawí.[2]
gloss Matanawí one yípaʔã two watoronaʔã head a-pazi ear a-tahuzi tooth a-rüzi hand ú-suzi woman mapivã water api fire uá stone ayá maize iwarí tapir awiyá
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Matanawí". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mata1275.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk.
- ↑ Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925. As Tribus do Alto Madeira. Journal de la Société des Américanistes XVII. 137-172. (PDF)
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