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Unclassified language isolate in the Amazonas Basin
There are three recordings of that tongue; one Portuguese wordlist from the 1860s, one Spanish document from the early 19th century, and some words in a Dutch diary entry from 1666.
Meaning | Portuguese Paper | Spanish Paper | Dutch Paper | Reconstructed |
---|---|---|---|---|
one | rnate | jnat | hnat | hnat |
two | pnate | pnat | pnat | |
three | prim | pjin | pchin | phin |
four | mai | ñay | niai | |
many | nhum | ñun ('five') | njun ('ten') | niun |
bird | quique | kik | ||
Brazil | paquil | pakiu | ||
eye, to see | pi | pi | ||
ear, to hear | cam | kann | kan | |
white | tna | tna | ||
day | tarrate | tajjat | tahhat | |
moon | rate | hat | ||
sun | tar | tah | ||
gold | tape | tap | ||
dark | tuque | tuk | ||
alone | rhaquenique | haknik | ||
red | ritenham | hitnian | ||
European | quitão ('stranger') | kitau | ||
other | ji | hi | ||
thou | pi | pi | ||
first | tan | tan | ||
man | tca | tka | ||
to smell | cnic | knik | ||
I want | natap | na-tap | ||
thou wantest | pitap | pi-tap |