Katawixi language

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Katawixi
Native to Brazil
Region Amazonas
Ethnicity250 Katawixi (2006) [1]
Native speakers
10 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xat
Glottolog kata1270
ELP Katawixi

Katawixi (Catawishi) is a Katukinian language formerly spoken in Amazonas, Brazil. It is nearly extinct among the known populations of Katawixi people, though an uncontacted group nearby may be Katawixi-speaking. [2] [3] Only a handful of isolated tribes still speak this language.

Vocabulary

The following wordlist of Katawixi is taken from Loukotka (1949), which republishes a 1921 manuscript. [4]

Katawixi wordlist
GlossKatawixi
caimankadyuhe
toothhí-i
waterwãpti
largedyanakse
manbitso
jaguarwangka
tongueno
moonkuéyi
cornbarbara
cassavamãhĩ
eyeerada
earkirába
parrotawáru
smallpurati
sundiwa
tobaccowasara
tapirkiaa
headtu kãe

References

  1. 1 2 Katawixi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Queixalós, Francesc; Anjos, Zoraide dos (2012-03-13) [Spring 2006]. "A língua Katukína-Kanamarí". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas (in Portuguese). 6 (1): 29–59. doi:10.20396/liames.v6i1.1445. ISSN   2177-7160.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald (December 2010). "The status of the least documented language families in the world". Language Documentation & Conservation . eISSN   1934-5275. ISSN   1934-5275.
  4. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1949). "Sur quelques langues et dialectes inconnus de l'Amérique du Sud" (PDF). Lingua Posnaniensis. 1: 78–79.


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