Natú language

Natú
Peagaxinan
Native toBrazil
RegionAlagoas
EthnicityNatú people
Extinctlate 20th century
Xokó–Natú
  • Natú
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolognatu1248
Linguasphere89-EAA-aa
Map of the Natú language

Natú (a.k.a. Peagaxinan) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. It was originally spoken on the Ipanema River in the Cariri area near present-day Porto Real do Colégio by the Natú people. It is so poorly attested that "only Greenberg dares to classify [it]". It has, however, been classified in a linguistic family with neighboring Xocó.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1963)

French gloss

(original)

English gloss

(translated)

Šokó [Natú]
arc bow sabue
chien dog bašiú
dent tooth tuľuso
eau water krananan
étoile star inkó
femme woman áspikiá
feu fire atika
flèche arrow ikrō
grand large akómá
hache ax ikrā
homme man pikuá
langue tongue avēľa
lune moon kra-uáve
main hand krasiá
maison house gandiľá
œil eye tuľusō
petit small kinefá
pied foot vēsirē
soleil sun kra-šulo
tabac tobacco bazí
terre earth atisere
tête head tipia

Pompeu Sobrinho (1958)

The following vocabulary of Natu as spoken by Natu caboclos in Porto Real do Colégio, Alagoas was recorded by Carlos Estevão in 1940.

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Natu
estrélastariroinkó
fogofireshakishá
águawaterkraunã
Rio São FranciscoSão Francisco RiverOpára
cachimbosmoking pipekatuká
cachimbo cerimonialceremonial pipekuzipé
maracámaracashishiá
dinheiromoneymeré
mulherwomanpikwá
gente estranhastrangerszitók, kôbê
boioxkrazó
ovelhasheepsêprun
jacaréalligatorgozê
jabotired-footed tortoise or
yellow-footed tortoise
kati
mandiocamaniocgrogó
feijãobeanma/tsaká
tabaco, fumotobacco, smokebazé

References

  1. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. ↑ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R. E.; Tait, Mary (1994), Atlas of the world's languages, London; New York: Routledge, p. 70, ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5
  3. ↑ Lima Neto, Valdivino José de; Nunes, Ticiane Rodrigues (2022). "Etnolinguística Indígena: A Classificação da Língua do Povo Xokó". Ensaios Interdisciplinares em Humanidades (PDF). Vol. 5. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. pp. 400–419.
  4. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1963). "Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes sud-américains". Journal de la Société des Américanistes (in French). 52 (1): 7–60. doi:10.3406/jsa.1963.2001. ISSN 0037-9174.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.