Lenca-Honduras
Lenca-Honduras was a Lencan language once spoken in Honduras.
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Honduran Lenca is a language that was spoken with minor dialect differences in Intibuca, Opatoro, Guajiquiro (Huajiquiro), Similatón (modern Cabañas), and Santa Elena. The name can be misleading; although primarily spoken in Honduras, it was also spoken in El Salvador close to the Honduran border. It is distantly related to Salvadoran Lenca.
Honduran Lenca can be divided into four dialects: western (Intibuca), central (Santa Elena, Chinacla), eastern (Guajiquiro, Opatoro), and southern (Similaton).
From Wikipedia · Honduran Lenca · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lenca-Honduras
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | latau* | |
| eye | saring* | |
| ear | yang* | |
| nose | nepse* | |
| tooth | neg* | |
| tongue | napel* | |
| hand | guala* | |
| blood | uahng* | |
| bone | seig* | |
| knee | kuto* | |
| breast | mobipalan* | |
| liver | musu* | |
| water | guaS* | |
| fire | yuga* | |
| sun | kaSi* | |
| star | siri* | |
| stone | ke* | |
| mountain | kotang* | |
| tree | ili* | |
| leaf | guala* | |
| night | tangui* | |
| dog | SuSu* | |
| fish | oropi* | |
| louse | tem* | |
| one | ita* | |
| two | pe* | |
| I | una* | |
| you | amna* | |
| we | apinan* | |
| drink | talgui* |
* 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.