The Puruborá language of Brazil is one of the Tupian languages. It is also known as: Aurã, Cujubim, Burubora, Kuyubi, Migueleno, Miguelenho or Pumbora. Specifically it is spoken in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in Costa Marques and around the headwaters of the Rio São Miguel tributary of the right bank of the Guaporé. It is nearly extinct, with only two native speakers (and two in the ethnic group) reported in 2002.[1]

Puruborá
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia
Ethnicity50 (2006)[1]
Native speakers
2 (2002)[1]
Tupian
  • Purubora–Ramarama
    • Puruborá
Language codes
ISO 639-3pur
Glottologpuru1264
ELPPuruborá

Vocabulary edit

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[2]

gloss Puruborá
one múm
two wewáb
three bokód-wewáb
head azyá
ear zapetó
tooth inká
hand wapitái
woman bagoyá
water zereré
fire ndamizyá
stone muruá
maize zyiá
tapir taní

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Puruborá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

External links edit