Coast Miwok
Coast Miwok was a Miwok-Costanoan language once spoken in United States.
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Coast Miwok was one of the Miwok languages spoken in California, from San Francisco Bay to Bodega Bay. The Marin and Bodega varieties may have been separate languages. All of the population has shifted to English.
From Wikipedia · Coast Miwok language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Coast Miwok
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | kûlêyis | |
| person | inniko* | |
| name | awe* | |
| eye | Sut* | |
| ear | alok* | |
| nose | huk* | |
| tooth | kut* | |
| tongue | lenteppi* | |
| hand | ukkuh* | |
| blood | kiCCaw* | |
| bone | muCCi* | |
| skin | Suluk* | |
| knee | mowi* | |
| breast | mu* | |
| liver | kulla* | |
| water | líwa | |
| fire | wuki* | |
| sun | hi* | |
| star | hitti* | |
| stone | luppu* | |
| mountain | payih* | |
| tree | alwah* | |
| night | kawul* | |
| dog | hayuSa* | |
| fish | elle* | |
| louse | CupSi* | |
| one | kénne | |
| two | oSSa* | |
| I | kanni* | |
| you | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Lake MiwokMiwok-Costanoan57% alike
- Plains MiwokMiwok-Costanoan32% alike
- Northern Sierra MiwokMiwok-Costanoan29% alike
- Southern Sierra MiwokMiwok-Costanoan26% alike
- Central Sierra MiwokMiwok-Costanoan25% alike
- KokotaAustronesian10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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