Mangue
Mangue was an Otomanguean language once spoken in Nicaragua.
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Mangue, also known as Chorotega, is an extinct Oto-Manguean language ancestral to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica. The dialects were known as: Mangue proper in western Nicaragua, which was further subdivided into Dirian and Nagrandan; Choluteca in the region of Honduras' Bay of Fonseca; and Orotiña in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula.
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Words in Mangue
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndipu* | |
| eye | nate* | |
| ear | 5umi* | |
| nose | 5ungu* | |
| tooth | nehe* | |
| tongue | grixui* | |
| hand | ndiro* | |
| blood | nenuh* | |
| bone | nekone* | |
| skin | 5unsu* | |
| water | nimbu* | |
| fire | 5ayu* | |
| sun | 5umbu* | |
| star | 5uti* | |
| stone | nugo* | |
| mountain | diria* | |
| tree | 5a* | |
| leaf | nema* | |
| night | kopripiomu* | |
| dog | nambi* | |
| fish | pokuget* | |
| louse | 5ui* | |
| one | teka* | |
| two | xami* | |
| I | saho* | |
| you | sumuSeta* | |
| we | sememu* | |
| drink | boprima* | |
| see | ome* | |
| die | naga5u* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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