Cholón
Seeptsá
Cholón was a Hibito-Cholon language once spoken in Peru.
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Cholón, natively known as Seeptsá and also as Tsinganes, is a language of Peru considered extinct. It was spoken near Uchiza, from Tingo María to Valle in the Huallaga River valley of Huanuco and San Martín regions. The last fluent speaker of Cholon, Victoria Cerquera Ojeda, died in 1993, but a number of semispeakers of the language remain.
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Words in Cholón
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nun* | |
| name | mot* | |
| eye | 5aCe* | |
| ear | mikitiu* | |
| nose | keSum* | |
| tooth | kulu* | |
| tongue | moncEy* | |
| hand | neN* | |
| blood | ho* | |
| bone | Cel* | |
| breast | 5o* | |
| water | kwot* | |
| fire | et* | |
| sun | musak* | |
| star | kena* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| mountain | liman* | |
| tree | meC* | |
| night | mahaC* | |
| dog | aLgo* | |
| fish | aSwa* | |
| louse | Cow* | |
| one | an* | |
| two | ip* | |
| I | ok* | |
| you | mi* | |
| we | kiha* | |
| drink | Sih* | |
| see | taS* | |
| hear | hina* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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