Poqomam
Poqomam is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and El Salvador. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Poqomam is a Mayan language, closely related to Poqomchiʼ. It is spoken by 50,000 or so people in several small pockets in Guatemala, the largest of which is in Jalapa department.
From Wikipedia · Poqomam language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Poqomam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | winaq* | |
| name | wih* | |
| eye | naq* | |
| ear | Sikin* | |
| nose | xu7* | |
| tooth | ieh* | |
| tongue | aq* | |
| hand | qam* | |
| blood | kik* | |
| bone | waq* | |
| skin | ix* | |
| knee | nah* | |
| breast | CuC* | |
| liver | igad* | |
| water | ha7* | |
| fire | qaq* | |
| sun | qix* | |
| star | Cimin* | |
| stone | awox* | |
| mountain | yuq* | |
| tree | Cie7* | |
| leaf | Saq* | |
| night | aqem7* | |
| dog | ci* | |
| fish | kar* | |
| louse | uk* | |
| one | xanax* | |
| two | ki7im7* | |
| I | hin* | |
| you | hat* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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