Manao | |
States: | Brazil |
Extinct: | 18th century |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam1: | Arawakan |
Fam2: | Northern |
Fam3: | Upper Amazon |
Fam4: | Manao languages |
Iso3: | none |
Linglist: | qbh |
Glotto: | mana1299 |
Glottorefname: | Manao |
Manao is a long-extinct Arawakan language of Brazil. The Manaos gave their name to the present-day city of Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazonas in Brazil.[1]
Some words in the Manao language include:[2]
One | Panimu | |
Two | Piarukúma | |
Three | Pialuky paulo | |
Man | Yrinály | |
Woman | Ytunalo | |
Sun | Gamuy | |
Moon | Ghairy | |
Water | Unüa |
. Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.