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Extinct Cahuapanan language of Peru Not to be confused with Mikir language.
Mikira
Shuensampi
Native toPeru
RegionJeberos
Extinct(date missing)
Language familyCahuapanan
  • Mikira
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Mikira (Miquira, Shuensampi, Suensampi) is an extinct Cahuapanan language that was spoken in the single village of Maucallacta on the Paranapura River in northern Peru. It is closely related to Jebero.

Word list

A word list of Mikira was collected by Czech explorer Enrique Stanko Vráz [cs]. At the time of the data collection, the language and tribe were already nearly extinct, as Vráz had found only five houses in the village of Maucallacta. Vráz's list was subsequently published in Loukotka (1949):

French gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Mikirá
bande à cheveux hair band akča
cannot canoe nunga
chauve-souris bat mašu
chien dog nini
coq cock guatadi
crécelle rattle gingile
crocodile crocodile tára
eau water íde
écorce bark, skin mapa
feu fire punga
gourdin club, cudgel nara
hamac hammock taila
lune moon rúki
maïs but čiči
manger eat káki
nuit night rupiye
ornement d’escarbots scarab ornament kurišundu
ornement de roseau jaune yellow reed ornament pelantse
ornement de plumages et d’os de dindon turkey feather and bone ornament tayatudlú
ornement de grands fruits secs large dried fruit ornament pinganamuyu
pierre stone napi
poison de flèches poison arrow pišuaya
singe monkey kamuka
soleil sun kogua
tête head humato
tête-trophée trophy head huma
vêtement de femmes women's clothing pampayina
vêtement fait de plumages de toucan clothing made of toucan feathers kalinga
viande meat lulunga

References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír. 1949. Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud. Lingua Posnaniensis I: 53-82.
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