Subtiaba language
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Subtiaba | |
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Native to | Nicaragua |
Ethnicity | 5000 (1981) |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Oto-Mangue
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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 |
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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 | šu3wã1 |
Sun | ahka | a3kha'3 |
Moon | uku | gő'3 |
Water | i·lu | i2ya2 |
See also
References
- ↑ 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)
External links
- Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language
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