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Vocabulary Words in the Tucanoan Language Family

These Tucano words are not spelled phonetically--each word is spelled according to the orthography of its own language, so if you're not familiar with these languages you will need to follow the links to see how to pronounce them. We are working on a second chart transcribed into IPA symbols. We have included twenty basic Tucanoan Indian 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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Tucanoan Word Sets

English/Français/Español	Barasana	Orejon	Secoya
One/Un/Uno	Sĩgũ	Te'yo	Te'e
Two/Deux/Dos	Huara	Tepẽ'ño	Caya
Three/Trois/Tres	Ĩdiãrã	Baba'ñõ	Toaso
Four/Quatre/Cuatro	Bãbãrĩrãkũ	Mĩõyorea	Cajese
Five/Cinq/Cinco	Kõhõmõkãrãkũ	Te'hütürea	Jiti
Man/Homme/Hombre	Ũmu	Ühü	Ëjë
Woman/Femme/Mujer	Rõmio	Nõmĩõ	Nomio
Dog/Chien/Perro	Ekari yai	Yai hoya
Sun/Soleil/Sol	Mũihu	Mãĩ	Mai
Moon/Lune/Luna	Mũihu	Mãĩ ñãmĩãki	Ñañi
Water/Eau/Agua	Oko	Oko	Oko

Additional Resources

Wikipedia: Tucanoan

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