Potiguara language
{{Short description|Extinct Tupi language of Brazil}}
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{{Disputed|date=January 2024}}
{{Cleanup lang|date=September 2024|iso=pog}}}}{{Infobox language
| name = Potiguara
| states = Brazil
| ethnicity = Potiguara people
| extinct = early 1970s
| ref = e25
| familycolor = tupian
| fam1 = Tupian
| fam2 = Tupí–Guarani
| fam3 = Tupi languages
| fam4 = Tupí
| iso3 = pog
| glotto = poti1237
| glotto2 =
| glottorefname2 =
| glottorefname = Potiguara
| glottoname = (dialect)
| map = Presença_indígena_na_costa,_século_XVI,_Brasil.jpg
| mapcaption = {{legend|#b11d45|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
Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:{{cite book |last=Meader |first=Robert E. |url= https://www.silbrazil.org/resources/archives/16988 |title=Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro |year=1978 |publisher=SIL International |location=Brasilia |lang=pt}}
| class="wikitable"
! Portuguese gloss | ||
| casa | house | {{lang|pog|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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{{Tupian languages}}
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Category:Tupi–Guarani languages
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