Southern Tiwa
Southern Tiwa is a Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken in United States. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Southern Tiwa language is a Tanoan language spoken at Sandia Pueblo and Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico and Ysleta del Sur in Texas.
From Wikipedia · Southern Tiwa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Southern Tiwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tay* | |
| name | xa* | |
| eye | Si* | |
| ear | taL3a* | |
| nose | f3y* | |
| tooth | we* | |
| tongue | ye* | |
| hand | man* | |
| blood | 3a* | |
| bone | u* | |
| skin | xay* | |
| knee | xupi* | |
| breast | w3* | |
| liver | ca* | |
| water | pʼâ | |
| fire | fe* | |
| sun | 8ur* | |
| star | pax3La* | |
| stone | hiaw* | |
| mountain | pien* | |
| tree | tuLa* | |
| leaf | 3* | |
| night | nu* | |
| dog | xwien* | |
| fish | p3* | |
| louse | fiace* | |
| one | wim7a* | |
| two | wisi* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Taos Northern TiwaKiowa-Tanoan54% alike
- Rio Grande TewaKiowa-Tanoan16% alike
- Southern NuniAtlantic-Congo12% alike
- MungbamAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- IwamSepik10% alike
- LuisenoUto-Aztecan10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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