Natú ( 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. It is so poorly attested that "only Greenberg dares to classify [it]". It has, however, been classified in a linguistic family with neighboring Xocó.
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1963) {| class="wikitable" |+ !French gloss (original) !English gloss (translated) !Šokó [Natú] |- |arc |bow |sabue |- |chien |dog |bašiú |- |dent |tooth |tuľuso |- |eau |water |krananan |- |étoile |star |inkó |- |femme |woman |áspikiá |- |feu |fire |atika |- |flèche |arrow |ikrō |- |grand |large |akómá |- |hache |ax |ikrā |- |homme |man |pikuá |- |langue |tongue |avēľa |- |lune |moon |kra-uáve |- |main |hand |krasiá |- |maison |house |gandiľá |- |œil |eye |tuľusō |- |petit |small |kinefá |- |pied |foot |vēsirē |- |soleil |sun |kra-šulo |- |tabac |tobacco |bazí |- |terre |earth |atisere |- |tête |head |tipia
Pompeu Sobrinho (1958)
The following vocabulary of Natu as spoken by Natu caboclos in Porto Real do Colégio, Alagoas was recorded by Carlos Estevão in 1940.Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! 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, kôbê |- | 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
References
Oliveira, Carlos Estevão de. mss. e informações. Rev. Mus. Paul, 17. São Paulo, 1931. Pompeu Sobrinho, Th. (1958): Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste. Boletim de Antropologia, 2(1). Fortaleza, 1958. (Lista vocabular nº 4, com 17 itens).