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| Potiguara | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Potiguara people |
| Extinct | early 1970s |
| Language family | Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pog |
| Glottolog | (insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)poti1237 |
Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil. It is considered by Glottolog to be a dialect of Tupinamba.
Vocabulary
Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:
| Portuguese gloss (original) |
English gloss (translated) |
Potiguára |
|---|---|---|
| casa | house | ɔka |
| comida feita da mandioca | food made from cassava | patʰιšə |
| farinha de mandioca (mandioca mole) | cassava flour (soft cassava) | pisikʰa |
| mandioca numa bola para guardar | cassava ball (for storage) | kařimə |
| manipueira da mandioca | cassava plant | kənšikə |
| animal (teiú) | animal (Tupinambis lizard) | dzižuảsu |
| arma de pesca | fishing weapon | ləndʷa; šɔkʰI; phusa |
| ave (perdiz) | bird (partridge) | nʌmbu |
| bicho | insect | mʌʔmʌndʷa |
| bicho da lama | type of insect | lɔʰhɔřu |
| cama de pau | wooden bed | kảtảtảu |
| camarão (espécie) | shrimp (species) | ařatʰʌya |
| caracol | snail | masuñi |
| comida do mato | bush food | pokumə |
| frutinha | small fruit | křařwata |
| ostra | oyster | mařiskʰo |
References
- Potiguara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.
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