Natú language explained

Natú
Nativename:Peagaxinan
States:Brazil
Region:Alagoas
Extinct:ca. 1900 ?
Familycolor:American
Family:unclassified
Iso3:none
Linglist:qjm
Glotto:natu1248
Glottorefname:Natú

Natú (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.[2]

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:[3]

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.
  2. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.
  3. Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.