Guaymí language

Guaymí language
Guaymí
Ngäbere
Pronunciation Waimí
Spoken in Panamá
Ethnicity Guaymí
Native speakers 133,000  (1990 Panama Census)
Language family
Chibchan
  • Guaymi
    • Guaymí
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gym

Guaymi (Ngäbere), also known as Movere (Mobe), is a native American language spoken by the Ngäbe or Guaymí people. There are 133,092 Guaymí in Central America, predominantly in Panama (128,000).[1]

Some simple Ngäbere words and their phonetical spellings are:[2]

  • Hello => ma bone-yo
  • What is your name? => ma cone-yo
  • I am John => ti go John
  • It’s hot today => con gee-ray
  • Good morning => yan-toro dega
  • Good afternoon => yan-toro dere
  • Good evening => yan-toro day-oo
  • I’m going => te nigita
  • I’m going to eat => te nigita muh-ruh-re
  • I’m going to work => te nigita sire-vide
  • Very good => borry-coyne
  • Let’s go => buh-ron
  • See you later => ah-toe-eye-ah hedd-a-way
  • dog => nu-guro
  • cat => min-gee
  • chicken => kwee
  • bird => nu-gwo
  • crab => doo-day
  • sand fly => née-ba
  • ant => nine-ya
  • termite => co-may-hen
  • mosquito => huh-ra
  • big mosquito (or insect) => mung-wa
  • banana => dig-ee-ma
  • banana (small variety) => bu-ju-ru
  • plantains => mu-ra-bun-ga
  • mother => tee-may-yay
  • father => tee-roon
  • brother => tee-ed-eba
  • sister => ting-why
  • house => who
  • my house => who-tee-may
  • stove => née-o-gwa
  • food => muh-ruh
  • ocean => mar-en-ee-a
  • beach => oo-ma
  • sun => hi-wanna
  • moon => s-uh
  • wind => mu-rie
  • rain => niu
  • beautiful => bone-o-ray
  • unattractive => ma-musa
  • white person => merry g-inn-ee
  • shoe => sab-da
  • machete => née-dra
  • boat => ru
  • sandal => cringu
  • chubby person => bool-i-kree
  • skinny person => bool-i-chee

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue, Ngäbere, retrieved May 24, 2007
  2. ^ Hola! Guide, A Guaymi/Ngäbere Language Lesson, May 13, 2009

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