Cochimí language
Cochimí | |
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Laymón | |
Native to | Cochimí people |
Extinct | Beginning of 20th century[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | coj |
coj.html | |
Glottolog | coch1272 |
ELP | Laimón |
Cochimí was once the language of the greater part
The Jesuit texts establish that the language was related to the
Cochimí text
Following is the Lord's Prayer in the dialect of San Ignacio Kadakaamán, recorded by Francisco Javier Clavijero from the work of the missionaries Barco and Ventura, which has been lost.[3]
Va-bappa amma-bang miarnu,
rna-rnang-ajua huit maja tegem:
amat-mathadabajua ucuem:
kern-rnu-jua arnrna-bang vahi-mang amat-a-nang la-uahim.
Teguap ibang gual güieng-a.vit-a-jua ibang-a-nang packagit:
-mut-pagijua abadakegem, rnachi uayecgjua packabaya..guern:
kazet-aduangarnuegnit,pacurn:
guangrnayi-acg packadabanajarn.
Amén.
Phonology
The phonology of the Cochimí language is likely explained as follows:[4]
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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plain | lab. | ||||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t
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tʃ | k | kʷ | ʔ |
voiced | b | d
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ɡ | ||||
Fricative | s | ʃ[a] | x | xʷ | |||
Nasal | m | n
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ɲ | ŋ | |||
Lateral | l
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Approximant | w | j |
- ^ could have been disputed.
Voiced consonants likely could have been either separate phonemes or phonetic alternates of voiceless sounds.
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | (e) | (o) |
Open | a |
Mid vowels may be alternated with close vowel sounds.
References
- ^ a b Golla, Victor. 2011. California Indian Languages, p. 125. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ Hill, Jane H. "Toward a Linguistic Prehistory of the Southwest: "Azteco-Tanoan" and the Arrival of Maize Cultivation." Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol 58, No. 4 (Winter 2002), p. 458
- ^ "Oraciones religiosas cochimí".
- ^ Mixco, Mauricio J. (1978). Cochimí and Proto-Yuman: Lexical and Syntactic Evidence for a New Language Family in Lower California. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 13–19.