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Extinct Tupi language of Brazil
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Potiguara
Native toBrazil
EthnicityPotiguara people
Extinctearly 1970s
Language familyTupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3pog
Glottologpoti1237  (dialect)
  Potiguara

Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil. It is considered by Glottolog to be a dialect of Tupinamba.

Vocabulary

Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Potiguára
casa house ɔka
comida feita da mandioca food made from cassava patʰιšə
farinha de mandioca (mandioca mole) cassava flour (soft cassava) pisikʰa
mandioca numa bola para guardar cassava ball (for storage) kařimə
manipueira da mandioca cassava plant kənšikə
animal (teiú) animal (Tupinambis lizard) dzižuảsu
arma de pesca fishing weapon ləndʷa; šɔkʰI; phusa
ave (perdiz) bird (partridge) nʌmbu
bicho insect mʌʔmʌndʷa
bicho da lama type of insect lɔʰhɔřu
cama de pau wooden bed kảtảtảu
camarão (espécie) shrimp (species) ařatʰʌya
caracol snail masuñi
comida do mato bush food pokumə
frutinha small fruit křařwata
ostra oyster mařiskʰo

References

  1. Potiguara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) [REDACTED]
  2. Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.
Tupian languages
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Tupari
Mondé
Puruborá
Ramarama
Yuruna
Munduruku
Maweti–Guarani
Aweti–Guarani
Tupi–Guarani
Guarani (I)
Guarayu (II)
Tupi (III)
Tenetehara (IV)
Xingu (V)
Kawahíb (VI)
Kamayurá (VII)
Northern (VIII)
Proto-languages
Italics indicate extinct languages


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