Subtiaba language
{{Short description|Extinct Oto-Manguean language}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Subtiaba
| states = Nicaragua
| ethnicity = 20,000 (2005){{e25|sut}}-49,000 (2006){{cite web | url=https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/ | title=8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza }}
| extinct = 1920s
| ref = e25
| familycolor = oto-manguean
| fam1 = Oto-Mangue
| fam2 = Tlapanecan
| iso3 = sut
| glotto = subt1250
| glottorefname = Subtiaba
}}
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").{{cite web | url=https://www.territorioindigenaygobernanza.com/web/nnic_08/ | title=8. Xiu | Territorio Indígena y Gobernanza }}
Lexical comparison
Lexical comparison from Native American Language Net:[http://www.native-languages.org/ Native American Language Net]
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| width=50px| English
!width=50px| Subtiaba !width=50px| Tlapanec |
|---|
| One
|{{lang|sut|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
{{Reflist}}
- 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.
- {{cite journal |author=Sapir, Edward |authorlink=Edward Sapir |year=1925 |title=The Hokan affinity of Subtiaba in Nicaragua |journal=American Anthropologist |series=New Series |volume=27 |issue=3,4 |pages=402–435, 491–527 |doi=10.1525/aa.1925.27.3.02a00040|doi-access=free }}
- {{cite book |author=Suárez, Jorge A. |year=1977 |title=El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue|location=México, D.F. |publisher=Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México|language=es}}
External links
- [http://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/sut Subtiaba], at Summer Institute of Linguistics
- [http://www.language-archives.org/language/sut OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language]
{{Oto-Manguean languages}}
Category:Languages of Nicaragua
Category:Mesoamerican languages
Category:Oto-Manguean languages