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Extinct unclassified language of Brazil
Baenan (Baenã, Baenán, Baena) is a poorly attested language of Brazil. The last remaining speaker lived in Bahia, Brazil in 1940. The language of this speaker was associated with the Baenan language as the last members of the Baenan tribe lived in Paragaçú, Bahia, near where the language was attested.
Vocabulary
There are nine known words of Baenan:[1]
- eželẽ - deer
- bakurí - venison
- kelemés - fire
- patarak - jaguar
- kadašužé - black person
- bonikro - pig
- pititiɲga - rat
- pitirát - monkey
- šẽšẽ - bull
References
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1963). "Documents et Vocabulaires Inédits de Langues et de Dialects Sud-Américains" [Unpublished documents and vocabularies of South American languages and dialects]. Journal de la Société des Américanistes (in French). 52: 7–60. doi:10.3406/jsa.1963.2001.
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