Central Pomo
Central Pomo was a Pomoan language once spoken in United States.
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Central Pomo is an extinct Pomoan language spoken in Northern California. Pre-contact speakers of all the Pomoan languages have been estimated at 8,000 all together. This estimation was from the American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber.
"The Central Pomo language was traditionally spoken from the Russian River southwest of Clear Lake to the Pacific coast. There were settlements along the Russian River (in the southern Ukiah Valley, in Hopland Valley, and further south near the Sonoma County line), in the coastal region (at Manchester, Point Arena, and at the mouth of the Gualala River), and in the region between the two (around Yorkville and in Anderson Valley)."
It has a consonant inventory that is identical to the related Southern Pomo language with the following exceptions:
From Wikipedia · Central Pomo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Central Pomo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | má·t̪a | |
| name | Si* | |
| ear | Sma* | |
| nose | la* | |
| tooth | o* | |
| tongue | hawba* | |
| hand | thna* | |
| blood | balay* | |
| bone | ya* | |
| skin | sda* | |
| breast | Sdo* | |
| water | qʰá | |
| fire | ho* | |
| sun | da* | |
| stone | khbe* | |
| mountain | dano* | |
| tree | khle* | |
| leaf | stal* | |
| night | awe* | |
| fish | Sa* | |
| louse | Ci* | |
| two | kho* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | ma* | |
| we | ya* | |
| drink | koC* | |
| see | SoC* | |
| die | kla* | |
| come | wad* | |
| path | da* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Northern PomoPomoan83% alike
- Northeastern Russian River PomoPomoan65% alike
- Southeastern PomoPomoan54% alike
- Eastern PomoPomoan52% alike
- KashayaPomoan47% alike
- Southern PomoPomoan47% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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