Subtiaba language
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| Subtiaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nicaragua |
| Ethnicity | 20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2] |
| Extinct | 1920s[3] |
Oto-Mangue
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sut |
| Glottolog | subt1250 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. Edward Sapir established a connection between 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Subtiaba language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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- ^ Subtiaba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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- ^ 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.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language