Comecrudan
Comecrudan was a language isolate once spoken in Mexico.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Comecrudo, also Yué, is an extinct Comecrudan language of Mexico. The name Comecrudo is Spanish for "eat-raw". It was best recorded in a list of 148 words in 1829 by French botanist Jean Louis Berlandier (Berlandier called it "Mulato") (Berlandier et al. 1828–1829). It was spoken on the lower Rio Grande near Reynosa, Tamaulipas, in Mexico. Comecrudo has often been considered a Coahuiltecan language although most linguists now consider the relationship between them unprovable due to the lack of information.
Comecrudo tribal names were recorded in 1748 (Saldivar 1943):
Sepinpacam
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Words in Comecrudan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | estok* | |
| name | lekau* | |
| eye | ui* | |
| ear | ali* | |
| nose | yaX* | |
| tooth | i* | |
| tongue | expen* | |
| hand | mapi* | |
| blood | kial* | |
| bone | xi* | |
| skin | ehuem* | |
| knee | iapo* | |
| breast | knem* | |
| liver | am* | |
| water | ax* | |
| fire | klewem* | |
| sun | al* | |
| star | ketekui* | |
| stone | woyekuel* | |
| mountain | wai* | |
| tree | xai* | |
| leaf | sel* | |
| night | glol* | |
| dog | klam* | |
| fish | atuis* | |
| louse | ak* | |
| one | kuitin* | |
| two | alikuitin* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | nana* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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