Subtiaba_language

Subtiaba language

Subtiaba language

Extinct Oto-Manguean language

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.

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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]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Subtiaba language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/
  3. [3]
    Subtiaba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  4. [4]
    https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/
  5. [5]
    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.
  • Sapir, Edward (1925). "The Hokan affinity of Subtiaba in Nicaragua". American Anthropologist. New Series. 27 (3, 4): 402–435, 491–527. doi:10.1525/aa.1925.27.3.02a00040.
  • Suárez, Jorge A. (1977). El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue (in Spanish). México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México.
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