Natú language

Natú (a.k.a. Peagaxinan) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. It was originally spoken on the Ipanema River in the Cariri area near present-day Porto Real do Colégio by the Natú people.^[1] It is so poorly attested that "only Greenberg dares to classify [it]".^[2]

Natú
Peagaxinan
Native to	Brazil
Region	Alagoas
Ethnicity	Natú people
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qjm
Glottolog	natu1248
Map of the Natú language

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.^[1]

gloss	Natú
tooth	tul'usoː
man	pikuaː
sun	kra-shuloː
moon	kra-uáve
earth	atiseːreː
tobacco	barí

Natu as spoken by Natu caboclos in Colégio, Alagoas:^[3]

Portuguese gloss (original)	English gloss (translated)	Natu
estréla	star	iroinkó
fogo	fire	shakishá
água	water	kraunã
Rio São Francisco	São Francisco River	Opára
cachimbo	smoking pipe	katuká
cachimbo cerimonial	ceremonial pipe	kuzipé
maracá	maraca	shishiá
dinheiro	money	meré
mulher	woman	pikwá
gente estranha	strangers	zitók
boi	ox	krazó
ovelha	sheep	sêprun
jacaré	alligator	gozê
jaboti	red-footed tortoise or yellow-footed tortoise	kati
mandioca	manioc	grogó
feijão	bean	ma, tsaká
tabaco, fumo	tobacco, smoke	bazé