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