Yabutian languages

The Yabutian or Jabutian languages are two similar moribund languages of southern Rondônia, Brazil, namely Arikapú (Maxubí) and Djeoromitxi (Yabutí/Jabotí). They are members of the Macro-Je language family.

Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Yabutian language varieties.


 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

! gloss !! Yabutí !! Aricapú !! Mashubi ! one ! two ! three ! ear ! tooth ! hand ! woman ! water ! fire ! sun ! maize ! tapir ! house
 * nichi || owá ||
 * yämbo || krokro ||
 * || kamekü ||
 * hi-nĩpí || chi-nipoaró || chi-nipuré
 * hi-dö || shi-shakriá || maishambishi
 * hi-nikú || chi-nuhu || chi-nikaimu
 * páko || pakohä || chininika
 * bzirú || bi || yú
 * pichä || pikö || piku
 * tõhõ || töhã || tadzyó
 * tsitsi || chichi || kokoví
 * huá || nowö || chimoré
 * híkö || arikó || erikoná
 * }

Proto-language
Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by van der Voort (2007):

For a list of Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by Nikulin (2020), see the corresponding Portuguese article.