Purubora language

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
Kujubi
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia
Ethnicity	50 (2006)[1]
Native speakers	2 (2002)[1]
Language family	Tupian Purubora–Ramarama Puruborá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pur
Glottolog	puru1264
ELP	Puruborá

Vocabulary

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