Kiowa
Kiowa is a Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken in United States, by about 20 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Kiowa (English: KY-oh-wə), in the language itself Ǥáuiđòᵰ:gyà (also rendered [Gáui[dòñ:gyà, 'language of the Kiowa'), is a Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa people, primarily in Caddo, Kiowa, and Comanche counties, Oklahoma. The Kiowa tribal center is located in Carnegie. Like most North American indigenous languages, Kiowa is an endangered language.
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Words in Kiowa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kyakomki* | |
| name | kho* | |
| eye | ta* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | mokon* | |
| tooth | zo* | |
| tongue | den* | |
| hand | mon* | |
| blood | om* | |
| bone | tho* | |
| skin | khoy* | |
| knee | telbo* | |
| breast | zep* | |
| liver | tol* | |
| water | tʰǫ́· | |
| fire | phi* | |
| sun | pay* | |
| star | ta* | |
| stone | co* | |
| mountain | kop* | |
| tree | a* | |
| leaf | ayde* | |
| night | gi* | |
| dog | cegun* | |
| fish | opi* | |
| louse | pho* | |
| one | pa* | |
| two | yi* | |
| I | no* | |
| you | am* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan15% alike
- Rio Grande TewaKiowa-Tanoan13% alike
- Northern GhaleSino-Tibetan12% alike
- OnobasuluBosavi10% alike
- Misima-PaneatiAustronesian10% alike
- SeekuMande9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kiow1266 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kio