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Vocabulary Words in Native American Languages: Bakairi

We have included ten basic words, enough to give you a feeling for each language. All the nouns are singular and all the verbs are 3rd person singular ("he or she sings") because many Native American languages don't have a separate infinitive ("to sing") the way English and French do.

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Bakairi Word Set

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English (Français)	Bakairi
One (Un)	Tokale
Two (Deux)	Azage
Three (Trois)	Azage tokale
Four (Quatre)	Azage azage
Man (Homme)	Uguõdo
Woman (Femme)	Pekodo
Sun (Soleil)	Xüxü
Moon (Lune)	Nune
Water (Eau)	Paru

Click here to see Bakairi vocabulary words compared to words in related Cariban languages: Cariban Indian Words

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