_Noanama._ _Tado´._ _Chami._ _Sambo or Choco._
Man, emokoyda, umujina, muguira, { umachina,
{ muguira.
Woman, uida, uena, huera, auera.
Sun, edau, pesia, umata, pisia, imuanba.
Moon, edau, jedego, tedeco, jedecó.
Fire, igdn, tibúa, tibuzhia, tŭjoor.
Water, du, panea, pania, { pania.
{ do = river.
Head, púdu, paru´, boro, poro.
Eye, daū, taū, tao, tau.
Ear, cachi, kŭru´, guru, juru.
Mouth, i, itai´, gu, ji, itai.
Nose, keun, kung, y, cung, jun.
Tongue, meujina, kinóme, guiranee, quirame.
Tooth, hierra, kida´, guida, tida.
Hand, hua, hua´, tua, jua.
Foot, bopidi, jinuga´, tiui, jinu.
House, di, tee´, te, dhe.
1, aba, aba, aba, aba.
2, nu, ume, ube, ome.
3, tanjupa, kimaris, umpea, ompea.
4, jay upa, guasuma, guimare, quimari.
5, juambo, kisona, guasome, guasoma.
The Choco family had probably at one time a much wider extension than we
are familiar with in historic times. I have suggested (_anté_, pp. 274,
275), that even the sparse material for comparison as yet available seems
to indicate an affinity with the Betoya stock. As our knowledge of the
Orinoco and the Columbian region extends, probably other tribes will be
discovered speaking related dialects. The four vocabularies which I give
above serve to illustrate the comparatively slight differences of the
phonetics. Another dialect, the Tucará (see _anté_, p. 176, note), is
given on the preceding page.