Beaver
Beaver is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in Canada, by about 160 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Dane-zaa, known in the language as Dane-ẕaa Ẕáágéʔ (syll: ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ), formerly known as Beaver, is an Athabascan language of western Canada. It means "people-regular language." About one-tenth of the Dane-zaa people speak the language.
Beaver is closely related to the languages spoken by neighbouring Athabaskan groups, such as Slavey, Sekani, Tsuu T’ina, Chipewyan, and Kaska.
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Words in Beaver
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | d3ne* | |
| name | ye* | |
| eye | dai7* | |
| ear | C3ge7* | |
| nose | nwo* | |
| tooth | wo7* | |
| tongue | cudi* | |
| hand | nla7* | |
| blood | d3l* | |
| bone | c3ne7* | |
| water | chuu | |
| fire | ko5* | |
| sun | Sah* | |
| star | sen* | |
| stone | ceh* | |
| tree | daCin* | |
| leaf | to* | |
| night | xuLe* | |
| dog | Li7* | |
| fish | Luge* | |
| louse | ya7* | |
| one | La* | |
| two | oNki* | |
| I | sai* | |
| you | nai* | |
| we | naxa* | |
| drink | do* | |
| see | i* | |
| hear | c3k* | |
| die | cid* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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