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Vocabulary Words in Native American Languages: Machiguenga

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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Machiguenga Word Set

English/Français/Español	Machiguenga	Nomatsiguenga
One/Un/Uno	Paniro	Patiro
Two/Deux/Dos	Piteni	Pite
Three/Trois/Tres	Mavani	Maba
Four/Quatre/Cuatro	Tovaini	Otsibasati
Five/Cinq/Cinco	Tovaini	Pabocoroti
Man/Homme/Hombre	Surari	Sërari
Woman/Femme/Mujer	Tsinane	Tsinane
Dog/Chien/Perro	Otsiti	Otsiti
Sun/Soleil/Sol	Poreatsiri	Paba
Moon/Lune/Luna	Kashiri	Manchacori
Water/Eau/Agua	Nia	Nija

Click here to see Machiguenga vocabulary words compared to words in related Arawakan languages: Arawakan Words

Machiguenga Picture Dictionaries

Here are some themed Machiguenga word lists we have put together and illustrated for language learners. Feel free to print them out for classroom purposes!

Machiguenga number words

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