Tabasco Nahuatl
Tabasco Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Tabasco Nahuatl or Nawat of Tabasco is a moribund Nahuan language spoken in Cupilco in the Mexican state of Tabasco.
The language belongs to the eastern branch of the Nahuan language family, and exhibits a number of divergent features.
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Words in Tabasco Nahuatl
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | taga* | |
| name | tugan* | |
| eye | iS* | |
| ear | nagas* | |
| nose | yak* | |
| tooth | tan* | |
| tongue | nenepil* | |
| hand | man* | |
| blood | es* | |
| bone | omi* | |
| skin | kwetaS* | |
| knee | tankwan* | |
| breast | CiCowal* | |
| liver | yel* | |
| water | maat | |
| fire | tikwaw* | |
| sun | tonatin* | |
| star | sital* | |
| stone | te* | |
| tree | kwaw* | |
| leaf | iswa* | |
| night | yuwal* | |
| dog | ickwin* | |
| fish | miC* | |
| horse | kawayo | |
| louse | atim* | |
| one | se* | |
| two | ome* | |
| I | naha* | |
| you | taha* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- PipilUto-Aztecan61% alike
- Highland Puebla NahuatlUto-Aztecan58% alike
- Isthmus-Mecayapan NahuatlUto-Aztecan56% alike
- Central Huasteca NahuatlUto-Aztecan55% alike
- Coatepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan54% alike
- Huaxcaleca NahuatlUto-Aztecan54% 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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