Natú language
{{short description|Extinct language of eastern Brazil}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Natú
| nativename = Peagaxinan
| states = Brazil
| region = Alagoas
| extinct = late 20th century
| familycolor = American
| family = unclassified
| iso3 = none
| linglist = qjm
| glotto = natu1248
| glottorefname = Natú
| map = Natu language map.svg
| mapcaption = Map of the Natú language
| ethnicity = Natú people
}}
Natú ({{a.k.a.}} 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 by the Natú people.{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}} It is so poorly attested that "only Greenberg dares to classify [it]".{{Citation |last=Moseley |first=Christopher |title=Atlas of the world's languages |date=1994 |page=70 |access-date= |place=London ; New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-01925-5 |last2=Asher |first2=R. E. |last3=Tait |first3=Mary}}
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}
:
| class="wikitable"
! 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:Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.
:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Portuguese gloss | ||
| estréla | star | iroinkó |
| fogo | fire | shakishá |
| água | water | kraunã |
| Rio São Francisco | São Francisco River | Opára |
| cachimbo | smoking pipe | katuká |
| cachimbo cerimonial | ceremonial pipe | kuzipé |
| maracá | maraca | shishiá |
| dinheiro | money | meré |
| mulher | woman | pikwá |
| gente estranha | strangers | zitók |
| boi | ox | krazó |
| ovelha | sheep | sêprun |
| jacaré | alligator | gozê |
| jaboti | red-footed tortoise or yellow-footed tortoise | kati |
| mandioca | manioc | grogó |
| feijão | bean | ma, tsaká |
| tabaco, fumo | tobacco, smoke | bazé |
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book |last= Meader |first= R. E. |url= http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/publcns/ling/indnord.pdf |title=Indios do nordeste. Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro |year= 1978 |publisher= SIL Internacional |place= Brasilia |language= pt|pages= 65–92 }}
- Nimuendajú, Curt: Lista comparativa com 19 itens Natu. Pasta nº. 6 del Archivo da Sala Lingüística del Departamento de Antropología del Museo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
- Oliveira, Carlos Estevão de. mss. e informações. Rev. Mus. Paul, 17. São Paulo, 1931.
- Pompeu Sobrinho, Th. (1958): Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste. Boletim de Antropologia, 2(1). Fortaleza, 1958. (Lista vocabular nº 4, com 17 itens).
{{Languages of Brazil}}
{{NE Brazil languages}}
{{South American languages}}
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Category:Extinct languages of South America