Subtiaba language

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Subtiaba
Native to Nicaragua
Ethnicity 5000 (1981)
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sut

Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. In 1925 Edward Sapir wrote an article based on scant evidence arguing for the inclusion of Subtiaba in his hypothesized Hokan group. Others have linked Subtiaba to the Jicaque and Tol languages,[1] but since Suárez's work it is generally accepted that Subtiaba is an Oto-Manguean language. When Sapir wrote about it in 1925 it was already very endangered or moribund.

Lexical comparison

English Sutiaba Tlapanec
One i·mba mba1
Two a·pu· a3hma3
Three a·su a2cu1
Four axku a2kho3
Man ra·bu ša3bo3
Woman ra·bagu· a'3go3
Dog ru·wa šu31
Sun ahka a3kha'3
Moon uku gő'3
Water i·lu i2ya2

See also

References

  1. Campbell, Lyle (1979): "Middle American Languages" en The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment, Campbell, Lyle; & Mithun, Marianne (Eds.), Austin: University of Texas Press, pp. 965-966
  • Campbell, Lyle (1979): "Middle American Languages" en The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment, Campbell, Lyle; & Mithun, Marianne (Eds.), Austin: University of Texas Press, pp. 902–999.
  • Sapir, Edward (1925). "The Hokan affinity of Subtiaba in Nicaragua". American Anthropologist (New Series) 27 (3,4): pp.402–435, 491–527. doi:10.1525/aa.1925.27.3.02a00040. 
  • Suárez, Jorge A. (1977). El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México.  (Spanish)

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