Napeca (Nape, Napeka) is an extinct Chapacuran language. The Napeca people were said to have spoken the same language as those who spoke Quitemoca, and is thought to be a dialect of the same language as Quitemoca. Jürgen Riester documented the language in the 1960s, and recorded some samples.
Morphology
Pronouns +Napeka pronounsNapekaGloss1SG2SG3SG1PL2SG3PL
Adjectives The suffix is sometimes attached after an adjective to indicate the first person singular (e.g. 'I am well', literally "healthy-I"); the same construction is present for the second person singular (e.g. 'you are well', literally "healthy-you").
Negation Negation is expressed in Napeka by the infix . NapekaGlossNapekaGlossI goI do not goI understand your languageI do not understand your language
Vocabulary +Napeka vocabularyNapekaGlossno, there isthere is notjaguarwaterfirechichasunearth
Sample phrases +Napeka phrasesNapekaGlossin the sky/in heaventhis morningit is rainingsit downI like GodI went this morningI will go tomorrowI will go to heaven with GodGo!Go to your house and return quicklyWhere are you going?let's get out of hereWhat is your name?Is there a God?What are you looking for?God is in heavenWho created heaven and the earth?I want a knifeGod created itWhere is God?What are you saying?My father died yesterdayHow are you?What do you want?I killed a jaguar with the arrowI want some fish
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