Baenan language
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Baenan language
| Baenan | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Brazil |
| Region | Bahia |
| Extinct | ca. 1940 |
| Language family |
unclassified
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Linguist List | 0iu |
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. 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". Journal de la Société des Américanistes 52: 7–60. doi:10.3406/jsa.1963.2001.
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