Kaiwá | |
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Kayova | |
Native to | Argentina, Brazil |
Ethnicity | Kaiwá |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2003)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kgk |
Glottolog | kaiw1246 |
ELP | Kaiwá |
Kaiwá is a Guarani language spoken by about 18,000 Kaiwá people in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 510 people in northeastern Argentina. Literacy is 5-10% in Kaiwá and 15–25% in Portuguese. Kaiwá proper is 70% lexically similar with the Pai Tavytera language, and its similarity to its linguistic cousin Guaraní, one of the two national-languages of Paraguay alongside the Spanish language, means it is even sometimes considered mutually intelligible.[1]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
Open | a ã |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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plain | lab. | ||||||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
voiced | ɡ | ɡʷ | |||||
prenasal | ᵐb ~ m | ⁿd ~ n | ᶮdʲ ~ ɲ | ||||
Fricative | v | s | ʃ | h | |||
Rhotic | ɾ | ||||||
Approximant | (j) | (w) |
Original Kaiwá text:
Eregwata-ramo ka'agwy-rupi erehexa gwa'a. Hagwe pytã porã. Oveve áry-rupi gwa'a. Oveve-ramo, "Kaa! Kaa!" he'i. Heta oĩ gwa'a ka'agwy-rupi.[3]
Guarani translation:
Reguatáramo ka'aguýre rehecháta gua'a pytã. Hague pytã porã. Oveve yvatetere'i yvágare. Ovevẽro "Kaa! Kaa!" he'i. Heta oĩ gua'a pytã ka'aguýre.
Portuguese translation:[3]
Quando você passeia no mato, você vê a arara. A plumagem dela é dum vermelho bonito. A arara voa no céu. Quando voa, grita "Kaa! Kaa!" Há muitas araras no mato.
Rough English translation:
When you walk in the bush, you see the macaw. The plumage is a beautiful red. The macaw flies in the sky. When it flies, it shouts "Kaa! Kaa!" There are many macaws in the bush.
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