Northern Pomo
Northern Pomo was a Pomoan language once spoken in United States.
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Northern Pomo is a dormant Pomoan language, formerly spoken by the indigenous Pomo people in what is today California. The speakers of Northern Pomo were traditionally those who lived in the northern and largest area of the Pomoan territory. Other communities near to the Pomo were the Coast Yuki, the Huchnom, and the Athabascan. Ukiah High School first began offering Northern Pomo to students in Fall 2020.
From Wikipedia · Northern Pomo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Northern Pomo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mata | |
| name | Si* | |
| eye | uy* | |
| ear | Sima* | |
| nose | la* | |
| tooth | o* | |
| tongue | haba* | |
| hand | thana* | |
| blood | balay* | |
| bone | ya* | |
| breast | to* | |
| liver | Sala* | |
| water | ka | |
| fire | ho* | |
| sun | da* | |
| stone | khabe* | |
| mountain | dano* | |
| tree | khale* | |
| leaf | sital* | |
| night | diwe* | |
| fish | Sa* | |
| louse | Ci* | |
| one | Ca* | |
| two | kho* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | ma* | |
| we | ya* | |
| drink | ko* | |
| see | Cadi* | |
| hear | So* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Central PomoPomoan83% alike
- Northeastern Russian River PomoPomoan73% alike
- Eastern PomoPomoan56% alike
- Southern PomoPomoan53% alike
- KashayaPomoan51% alike
- Southeastern PomoPomoan51% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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