Potiguara language

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Potiguara
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Potiguara people
Extinct	early 1970s^[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guarani Tupi languages Tupí Potiguara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pog`
Glottolog	`poti1237` (dialect)
Potiguara

Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil. It is considered by Glottolog to be a dialect of Tupinamba.

Vocabulary

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Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:^[2]

Portuguese gloss (original)	English gloss (translated)	Potiguára
casa	house	ɔka
comida feita da mandioca	food made from cassava	patʰιšə
farinha de mandioca (mandioca mole)	cassava flour (soft cassava)	pisikʰa
mandioca numa bola para guardar	cassava ball (for storage)	kařimə
manipueira da mandioca	cassava plant	kənšikə
animal (teiú)	animal (Tupinambis lizard)	dzižuảsu
arma de pesca	fishing weapon	ləndʷa; šɔkʰI; phusa
ave (perdiz)	bird (partridge)	nʌmbu
bicho	insect	mʌʔmʌndʷa
bicho da lama	type of insect	lɔʰhɔřu
cama de pau	wooden bed	kảtảtảu
camarão (espécie)	shrimp (species)	ařatʰʌya
caracol	snail	masuñi
comida do mato	bush food	pokumə
frutinha	small fruit	křařwata
ostra	oyster	mařiskʰo

References

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^ Potiguara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.

Mawé

Aweti–Guarani

Awetï

Tupi–Guarani

Guarani (I)	Aché Guarani Chiripá Jopara East Bolivian Mbyá Paraguayan West Bolivian Kaiwá Pai Tavytera Xeta
Guarayu (II)	Guarayu Pauserna Sirionó
Tupi (III)	Old Tupi Paulista General Language Cocama–Omagua Nheengatu Potiguara Tupiniquim
Tenetehara (IV)	Akwáwa Avá-Canoeiro Tapirapé Tenetehara Guajajara Turiwára
Xingu (V)	Amanayé Anambé Ararandewara Araweté Aurá Xingu Asurini
Kawahíb (VI)	Apiaká Karipuna (Jau-Navo) Kagwahiva Kayabi Uru-Pa-In
Kamayurá (VII)	Kamayurá
Northern (VIII)	Emerillon Guajá Takunyapé Urubu–Kaapor Wayampi Wayampipukú Zo'é

Proto-languages

Proto-Tupian

Italics indicate extinct languages

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