Macushi language

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Macushi
Native to	Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Native speakers	24,600
Language family	Cariban Northern Carib Macushi-Kapon Macushi
Language codes
ISO 639-2	car
ISO 639-3	mbc
ELP	Makushi

Macushi is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians and 24,600 around the world. 100% of the 9,000 ethnic Macushi Guyanese are fluent, there are 600 speakers in Venezuela. Also known as Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Macusi, Macussi, Teweya, Teueia.

External links

• Macushi @ Ethnologue

MACUSHI MAI-MU = MACUSHI LANGUAGE

By Guy John-Marco, a Macushi, from Katoka Village, North East Rupununi, Guyana, South America. Email: guymons@hotmail.com

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Ā (āā) n / possessive You / your / yours

Ā PEYA Ū 'ISHA SǏLǏLǏ - I have come to you. SAYNE Ā PONG TONG MAMĀ - Here is a dress for you mother.

ACULE (ā-ku-le) n Rodent family

ACULE-YZAMǏ n (more than one)

AKA (ā-ka) n Bright (light)

AKA HǏ n Not Bright / dark

AKA-LAY adj/ Bright

AKA-LAY PLA adj/ Not bright

AKKA! adj/ Expression to show danger

AKALAY (āka-lay) n Alegator

AKALAY-YZAMǏ n (more than one)

AKETONG (ā-ke-tong) n An old man

AKETONG-KONG n (more than one)

AKǏ (ākǐ) v To look

AKǏ SAY (implied) You see

AKǏPǏ PǏ n Grown person / thing / animal

AKǏPǏ-SANG / KONG n Grown persons / people / things / animals

AKO (āko) n (Women's)Father in law /one's mother brother (big /small) /one's father's sister's husband/one's mother's cousin (male) / one father's cousin's (male)

AKO-YZAMǏ / AKO-PǏKONG n (more than one)

AKUSA n A sewing needle

AKUSA-KONG n (more than one)

ALAI (ālai) n Pirana

ALAI-YZAMǏ n (more than one)

ALAY (ā-lay) adj/ To express a nauthy behaviour of someone Or when in doubt of some thing

ALAY-YZA! adj/ To express a surprise of what someone did

ALAAY! adj/ To express how dirty someone /some thing is/ a mess

ALAYKUNA (ā-lay-ku-na) n One of the Aboriginal peoples of South America

ALAYKUNA-YZAMǏ n (more than one)

ALAYKUNA PA n Arecuna girl/woman

ALAYKUNA PA-YZAMǏ n (more than one)

ALAYWAY (ā-lay-way) n House Fly

ALAYWAY -YZAMǏ n (more than one)

ALŌ (ā-lō) n Hat /cap

ALŌ-KONG n (more than one)

ALOI (ā-loi) n Cashew with nuts

ALOI-KONG n (more than one)

ALU (A as in aplphabet) n (Women's) Sister in law / one's mother's brother daughter (cousin) / one's father's sister daughter (cousin) / one's mother's cousin's (male) daughter (cousin) / one'sfather's cousin's (female) daughter (cousin)

ALU-YZAMǏ / ALU PǏ-KONG n (more than one)

ĀMǏLĬ n You 2

ĀMǏLǏ PEYA Ū'I SHA SǏLĬLǏ - I have come to you. ĀMǏLǏ PEYA I SHA MǏLǏLǏ - He / she /it has come to you. ĀMǏLǏ PEYA E'N PǏ MANG - He / she / it came to you

ĀMǏLEN-KONG n You all