Subtiaba language
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Subtiaba
)| Subtiaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nicaragua |
| Ethnicity | 20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2] |
| Extinct | In the 1920s[3] |
Oto-Mangue
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sut |
| Glottolog | subt1250 |
Subtiaba is an
Subtiaba and Tlapanec
. When Lehmann wrote about it in 1909 it was already very endangered or moribund.
The name "Subtiaba" may be of Nahuatl origin, from the roots xoctli ("black snail") and atl ("water").[4]
Lexical comparison
Lexical comparison from Native American Language Net:[5]
| English | Subtiaba | 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 | šu3wã1 |
| Sun | ahka | a3kha'3 |
| Moon | uku | gő'3 |
| Water | i·lu | i2ya2 |
See also
- Tlapanecan languages
References
- ^ Subtiaba language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/
- ^ Subtiaba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/
- ^ Native American Language Net
- 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.
- .
- Suárez, Jorge A. (1977). El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue (in Spanish). México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México.
External links
- Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language