Chilcotin
Tŝinlhqut’in
Chilcotin is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in Canada, by about 860 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Chilcotin or Tŝilhqotʼin is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqotʼin people.
From Wikipedia · Tsilhqotʼin language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Chilcotin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | deni* | |
| name | ghuzi* | |
| eye | nagh* | |
| ear | cagh* | |
| nose | chinSh* | |
| tooth | ghu* | |
| hand | 7ela* | |
| bone | 7eChen* | |
| skin | 7eZeZ* | |
| liver | kw7enz* | |
| water | tu | |
| fire | Gwhen* | |
| sun | sa* | |
| stone | Chi* | |
| tree | deThen* | |
| leaf | 7et7an* | |
| night | teZ* | |
| dog | lhin* | |
| fish | lhuy* | |
| one | 7inlhi* | |
| two | nanqih* | |
| I | sid* | |
| you | nin* | |
| we | xon* | |
| drink | dEn* | |
| see | nelh7in* | |
| die | Th7a* | |
| come | ya* | |
| thank you | sechanalyagh | |
| path | 7eten* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- ChipewyanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit29% alike
- SlaveAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit28% alike
- Witsuwit'en-BabineAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit26% alike
- AhtenaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit26% alike
- Northern TutchoneAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit25% alike
- Southern CarrierAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit22% alike
Grammar
- ChipewyanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit85% alike
- Witsuwit'en-BabineAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit84% alike
- SenecaIroquoian82% alike
- SarsiAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit82% alike
- Mescalero-Chiricahua ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit82% alike
- KaskaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · chil1280 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · clc