Columbia-Wenatchi
Columbia-Wenatchi is a Salishan language spoken in United States. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Moses-Columbia, or Columbia-Wenatchi (in Moses-Columbia: Nxaʔamxcín), is an extinct Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers traditionally lived in the Colville Indian Reservation.
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Words in Columbia-Wenatchi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | skint* | |
| name | scqw3ncut* | |
| eye | snaLusm3n* | |
| ear | tana7* | |
| nose | m3qsn* | |
| tooth | X3laxw* | |
| tongue | melk* | |
| hand | kalx* | |
| blood | m3Lkaya7* | |
| bone | sCam* | |
| skin | sipi7* | |
| knee | snq3nncsawsx3n* | |
| breast | s3kwtsamxw* | |
| liver | p3nink* | |
| water | šawłkʷ | |
| fire | sciyatkwp* | |
| sun | kwus3m* | |
| star | p3kpekyawt* | |
| stone | XLut* | |
| mountain | acm3qw* | |
| tree | acpaL* | |
| leaf | p3ck3L* | |
| night | scuwi7* | |
| dog | XX3Lcin* | |
| louse | k3s3n* | |
| one | naqs* | |
| two | n3assall* | |
| I | inca* | |
| you | inwi* | |
| we | n3mnim3L* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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