Kamakã languages
| Kamakã | |
|---|---|
| Kamakanan | |
| Geographic distribution | Bahía, Brazil |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Jê
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kama1371 |
 Map of Kamakã languages | |
The Kamakã languages are a small family of extinct Macro-Jê languages of Bahía, northeastern Brazil, composed of Kamakã, Kotoxó-Mongoyó, Menién, and Masakará.
Classification
Internal classification of the Kamakã languages:
- Kamakã
Masakará is the most divergent language.
Mason (1950)
Camacán (Kamakán) varieties listed by Mason (1950):
Proto-language
| Proto-Kamakã | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Kamakã languages |
Reconstructed ancestors | |
Proto-Kamakã reconstructions by Martins (2007):
Portuguese gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Proto-Kamakã água water *tsã andar to walk *mã anta tapir *here arara macaw *tʃoke arco bow *kwã árvore tree *hi banana banana *tako beber to drink *ka beber (água) to drink (water) *tsã-ka belo beautiful *tʃoho boca mouth *eriko branco white *kVhVro cabeça head *hero cabelo hair *ke carne meat *kohoaja casa house *toa chuva rain *tsã comer to eat *jukwa dente tooth *tʃo dormir to sleep *hondõ esp. de banana banana sp. *tako estrela star *pio faca knife *ketʃa, *ketja feijão bean *kinja filha daughter *kiaxrará filha, filho daughter, son *krani filho son *ketje flecha arrow *hwaj, *waj fogo fire *tʃakɨ, *tjakɨ irmã sister *tʃakarata, *jak(a)ratã lua moon *hetʃe, *hedje macaco monkey *kaũ machado axe *kedo madeira wood *hi)-ta mandioca manioc *kajɨ mão hand *ker menino boy *kwanĩ milho maize *ketʃo milho maize *ketjo muito very *hie-hie nariz nose *niniko olho eye *keto onça (Felis onça) jaguar (Felis) *jake orelha ear *nikoka pai father *kehentã papagaio parrot *karaj pássaro bird *tʃano pequeno small *(V)ta preto, negro black *kwahda, *kwaxda quati coati *pitako
References
Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms at Appendix:Proto-Kamakã reconstructions
- 1 2 Martins, Andérbio Márcio Silva. 2007. Revisão da Família Lingüística Kamakã Proposta por Chestmir Loukotka. MA thesis, University of Brasília.
- ↑ Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. doi:10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302
- ↑ Nikulin, Andrey (2020). Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (PDF) (Ph.D. dissertation). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília.
- ↑ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAMAKÃ.[permanent dead link]