Mutsun
Mutsun was a Miwok-Costanoan language once spoken in United States.
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Mutsun (also known as San Juan Bautista Costanoan) is a Utian language spoken in Northern California. It was the primary language of a division of the Ohlone people living in the Mission San Juan Bautista area. It initially went extinct in 1930 when the last speaker died, Ascencion Solórzano de Cervantes. The Tamien Nation and Amah Mutsun band is currently working to restore the use of the language, using a modern alphabet.
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Words in Mutsun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mucurma | |
| tooth | sit | |
| water | sii | |
| mountain | saTum | |
| fish | huuyi | |
| one | hemetscha | |
| two | utsgin | |
| three | capjan | |
| four | utsit | |
| five | parue | |
| ten | tancsagte | |
| yes | gehe |
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- Central Sierra MiwokMiwok-Costanoan12% alike
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- BelhariyaSino-Tibetan11% alike
- San Blas KunaChibchan10% alike
- Northern Sierra MiwokMiwok-Costanoan10% alike
- LouAustronesian10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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