Pochutec
Pochutec was a Uto-Aztecan language once spoken in Mexico.
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Pochutec is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahuan (or Aztecan) branch which was spoken in and around the town of Pochutla on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. In the era of the Spanish conquest, it was also spoken in Tonameca and Huatulco. In 1917, it was documented in a monograph by Franz Boas, who considered the language nearly extinct. In the 1970s, another investigator found two speakers around Pochutla who still remembered a few of the words recorded by Boas.
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Words in Pochutec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | kul* | |
| eye | Stotolu* | |
| ear | nekez* | |
| nose | yeke* | |
| tongue | nenepil* | |
| hand | ma* | |
| blood | kweteS* | |
| bone | o* | |
| skin | ez* | |
| breast | tipen* | |
| water | a* | |
| fire | te* | |
| sun | tunel* | |
| stone | to* | |
| tree | kwag* | |
| leaf | Sut* | |
| night | ogwel* | |
| dog | taC* | |
| fish | miC* | |
| louse | atom* | |
| one | se* | |
| two | omem* | |
| I | nen* | |
| you | muen* | |
| we | tuen* | |
| drink | temi* | |
| see | ita* | |
| hear | keki* | |
| die | mok* | |
| come | wic* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Highland Puebla NahuatlUto-Aztecan45% alike
- Northern Puebla NahuatlUto-Aztecan41% alike
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla NahuatlUto-Aztecan41% alike
- Morelos NahuatlUto-Aztecan40% alike
- Coatepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan39% alike
- PipilUto-Aztecan37% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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