Tapachultec
Tapachultec was a Mixe-Zoque language once spoken in Mexico.
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Tapachultec is a Mixean language spoken in Chiapas, Mexico, in the town of Tapachula. It is now extinct.
Lyle Campbell suspected that some of its vocabulary was loaned from Nahuatl, Mam or Kʼicheʼ.
From Wikipedia · Tapachultec language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tapachultec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | miSpu* | |
| ear | teCik* | |
| nose | Siku* | |
| tooth | tuS* | |
| tongue | tac* | |
| hand | backu* | |
| blood | nokpin* | |
| knee | Ci* | |
| breast | CiCi* | |
| water | no* | |
| fire | hon* | |
| sun | yen* | |
| star | unCikes* | |
| stone | Ce* | |
| mountain | petiako* | |
| tree | kuy* | |
| leaf | hey* | |
| night | mecu* | |
| dog | CiCu* | |
| fish | saka* | |
| louse | evit* | |
| one | tu* | |
| two | miStaka* | |
| I | nin* | |
| you | min* | |
| we | tan* | |
| drink | atanekuS* | |
| see | satabuS* | |
| come | mina* | |
| path | neSku7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Sayula PopolucaMixe-Zoque22% alike
- Isthmus MixeMixe-Zoque22% alike
- Central-South Chiapas ZoqueMixe-Zoque22% alike
- Northern Chiapas ZoqueMixe-Zoque21% alike
- Highland PopolucaMixe-Zoque21% alike
- North Central MixeMixe-Zoque20% 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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