Subtiaba language
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| Subtiaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nicaragua |
| Ethnicity | 5,000 (1981)[1] |
| Extinct | between 1909[2] and 1981[1] |
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Oto-Mangue
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sut |
| Glottolog | subt1250[3] |
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.
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 | šu3wã1 |
| Sun | ahka | a3kha'3 |
| Moon | uku | gő'3 |
| Water | i·lu | i2ya2 |
See also
References
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External links
- Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Subtiaba at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
- ↑ *Lehmann, Walter (1911), Zentral-Amerika (I), Berlin: D. Reimer.
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