Serrano
Maarrênga'twich
Serrano was a Uto-Aztecan language once spoken in United States.
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Serrano (Serrano: Maarrênga'twich) is a language in the Serran branch of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken by the Serrano people of Southern California. The language is closely related to Tongva, Tataviam, Kitanemuk and Vanyume, which may be a dialect of Serrano. Serrano has free word order with the only rule being that verbs usually come last.
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Words in Serrano
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | taxat* | |
| name | tuwa5an* | |
| eye | CoCon* | |
| ear | nanax* | |
| nose | mopen* | |
| tooth | tamen* | |
| tongue | noNin* | |
| hand | man* | |
| blood | xayn* | |
| bone | e7en* | |
| skin | xoxoC* | |
| knee | toNun* | |
| breast | pipCo* | |
| liver | sar* | |
| water | bāte | |
| fire | Cavot* | |
| sun | tamit* | |
| star | sur* | |
| stone | tota* | |
| mountain | kawi* | |
| tree | kuta* | |
| leaf | ananax* | |
| night | yawket* | |
| dog | wosi7* | |
| fish | keur* | |
| louse | ar* | |
| one | puku7* | |
| two | wehe* | |
| I | noma7* | |
| you | a7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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