Esselen
Esselen was a language isolate once spoken in United States.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Esselen is the now-extinct language of the Esselen (or self-designated Huelel) Nation, which aboriginally occupied the mountainous Central Coast of California, immediately south of Monterey (Shaul 1995). It was probably a language isolate, though has been included as a part of the hypothetical Hokan proposal.
From Wikipedia · Esselen language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Esselen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | efexi* | |
| name | map* | |
| eye | ikxpa* | |
| ear | tususp* | |
| nose | xos* | |
| tooth | ahur* | |
| bone | iya* | |
| water | asanax | |
| sun | aSi* | |
| star | aimula* | |
| stone | Tefwe* | |
| mountain | polomo* | |
| night | tomani* | |
| dog | SoSo* | |
| one | pek* | |
| two | kxulax* | |
| I | eni* | |
| you | neme* | |
| we | let* | |
| drink | ece* | |
| see | giTspa* | |
| die | chuneipa* | |
| come | 7eyya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Grammar
- Northern TepehuanUto-Aztecan85% alike
- TepecanoUto-Aztecan85% alike
- HuicholUto-Aztecan85% alike
- ArikapúNuclear-Macro-Je84% alike
- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan84% alike
- Central KalapuyaKalapuyan84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · esse1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · esq