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 toNicaragua
Ethnicity20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2]
ExtinctIn the 1920s[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sut
Glottologsubt1250

The name "Subtiaba" may be of Nahuatl origin, from the roots xoctli ("black snail") and atl ("water").[4]

Lexical comparison

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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 šu31
Sun ahka a3kha'3
Moon uku gő'3
Water i·lu i2ya2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Subtiaba language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ "8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza".
  3. ^ Subtiaba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  4. ^ "8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza".
  5. ^ Native American Language Net
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