Chitimacha

Chitimacha是一种孤立语言，过去分布在美国，现已消亡。

Chitimacha · 30.3°N 90.9°W

孤立语言：与世界上任何已知语言都无法证明有亲缘关系。

Chitimacha ( CHIT-i-mə-SHAH or chit-i-MAH-shə, Sitimaxa) is a language isolate historically spoken by the Chitimacha people of Louisiana, United States. It became extinct in 1940 with the death of the last fluent speaker, Delphine Ducloux.

Although no longer spoken, it is fairly extensively documented by the linguists' work (mostly unpublished) of Morris Swadesh and John R. Swanton. Swadesh, in particular, wrote a full grammar and dictionary and collected numerous texts from the last two speakers although none of that has been published.

Language revitalization efforts are underway to teach the language to a new generation of speakers. Tribal members have received Rosetta Stone software to learn the language. As of 2015, a new Chitimacha dictionary is in preparation, and classes are being taught on the Chitimacha reservation.

摘自英文维基百科 · Chitimacha language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Chitimacha的常用词

意思	词	转写
女人	kitca
人	pan*
耳朵	waS*
鼻子	SiS*
牙齿	i*
舌头	wen*
手	waSi*
血	uipi*
骨头	kaci*
膝盖	mokun*
乳房	mi*
肝	kesi*
水	kuq
石头	nuS*
树	SuS*
叶子	CiS*
夜晚	Cima*
鱼	makS*
虱子	cat*
一	unku*
二	upa*
我	iS*
你	him*
我们	hus*
喝	kaC*
听见	wop*
死	nupi*
来	ahi*
路	miS*
满	hop*