Barbareño
Barbareño was a Chumashan language once spoken in United States.
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Barbareño is a Chumashan language indigenous to the area in and around Santa Barbara, California. A dialect of the Barbareño language was also "spoken at San Emigdio near Buena Vista Lake" in the southern Central Valley. This dialect, called Emigdiano, "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts". Barbareño lost its last known native speaker in 1965 with the death of Mary Yee. Both Barbareño and its sister language Ineseño are currently undergoing processes of language revitalization.
From Wikipedia · Barbareño language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Barbareño
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | eneq | |
| person | ku* | |
| name | ti* | |
| eye | t3q* | |
| ear | tu7* | |
| nose | noS* | |
| tooth | sha* | |
| tongue | e7lew* | |
| hand | pu* | |
| blood | axuliS* | |
| bone | she* | |
| skin | pax* | |
| knee | istukun* | |
| breast | kutet* | |
| liver | a7l* | |
| water | ʼoʼ | |
| fire | n3* | |
| sun | aliSaw* | |
| star | aqiwo* | |
| stone | x3p* | |
| mountain | nipolomol* | |
| tree | pon* | |
| leaf | qap* | |
| night | sulkuw* | |
| fish | a7lilimuw* | |
| one | paka* | |
| two | iSkom* | |
| drink | aqmil* | |
| see | kuti* | |
| hear | itaq* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- IneseñoChumashan75% alike
- VentureñoChumashan59% alike
- HmarSino-Tibetan10% alike
- UlwaMisumalpan10% alike
- South AwyuNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
- Alu-SinagenNuclear Torricelli9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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