Pech
Pech is a Chibchan language spoken in Honduras. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Pech or Pesh is a Chibchan language spoken in Honduras. It was formerly known as Paya, and continues to be referred to in this manner by several sources, though there are negative connotations associated with this term. It has also been referred to as Seco. There are 300 speakers according to Yasugi (2007). It is spoken near the north-central coast of Honduras, in the Dulce Nombre de Culmí municipality of Olancho Department.
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Words in Pech
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | pi* | |
| eye | gua* | |
| ear | suxa* | |
| nose | tansa* | |
| tooth | guia* | |
| tongue | ugua* | |
| hand | sahua* | |
| blood | uri* | |
| knee | kokisa* | |
| breast | krataxa* | |
| liver | ara* | |
| water | aso | |
| fire | taimua* | |
| sun | ma* | |
| star | kapani* | |
| stone | sa* | |
| tree | pais5a* | |
| leaf | paia* | |
| dog | CuCu* | |
| fish | guiCa* | |
| louse | u* | |
| one | as* | |
| two | pok* | |
| I | tas* | |
| you | pa* | |
| we | utasbarua* | |
| drink | taupra* | |
| see | Caimua* | |
| hear | wiCawa* | |
| die | auna* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MebengokreNuclear-Macro-Je11% alike
- ThangmiSino-Tibetan10% alike
- YaquiUto-Aztecan9% alike
- Northeastern TimbiraNuclear-Macro-Je9% alike
- GainaNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
- CacaoperaMisumalpan9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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