Natú language

Extinct language of eastern Brazil
Natú
Peagaxinan
Native toBrazil
RegionAlagoas
Extinctca. 1900 ?
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Linguist List
qjm
Glottolognatu1248

Natú (a.k.a. Peagaxinan) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. It was originally spoken on the Ipanema River in the Cariri area near present-day Porto Real do Colégio.[1]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[1]

gloss Natú
tooth tul'usoː
man pikuaː
sun kra-shuloː
moon kra-uáve
earth atiseːreː
tobacco barí

Natu as spoken by Natu caboclos in Colégio, Alagoas:[2]

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Natu
estréla star iroinkó
fogo fire shakishá
água water kraunã
Rio São Francisco São Francisco River Opára
cachimbo smoking pipe katuká
cachimbo cerimonial ceremonial pipe kuzipé
maracá maraca shishiá
dinheiro money meré
mulher woman pikwá
gente estranha strangers zitók
boi ox krazó
ovelha sheep sêprun
jacaré alligator gozê
jaboti red-footed tortoise or
yellow-footed tortoise
kati
mandioca manioc grogó
feijão bean ma, tsaká
tabaco, fumo tobacco, smoke bazé

References

  1. ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. ^ Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.
  • Meader, R. E. (1978). Indios do nordeste. Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL Internacional. pp. 65–92.
  • Nimuendajú, Curt: Lista comparativa com 19 itens Natu. Pasta nº. 6 del Archivo da Sala Lingüística del Departamento de Antropología del Museo Nacional, Río de Janeiro.
  • Oliveira, Carlos Estevão de. mss. e informações. Rev. Mus. Paul, 17. São Paulo, 1931.
  • Pompeu Sobrinho, Th. (1958): Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste. Boletim de Antropologia, 2(1). Fortaleza, 1958. (Lista vocabular nº 4, com 17 itens).
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