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.
| Subtiaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nicaragua |
| Ethnicity | 20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2] |
| Extinct | In the 1920s[3] |
Oto-Mangue
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sut |
| Glottolog | subt1250 |
The name "Subtiaba" may be of Nahuatl origin, from the roots xoctli ("black snail") and atl ("water").[4]
Lexical comparison
editLexical 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Subtiaba language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza".
- ^ Subtiaba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza".
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language