Subtiaba language

Subtiaba
Native to	Nicaragua
Ethnicity	5000 (1981)
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Oto-Mangue Tlapanecan Subtiaba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sut

Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. In 1925 Edward Sapir wrote an article based on scant evidence arguing for the inclusion of Subtiaba in his hypothesized Hokan group. Others have linked Subtiaba to the Jicaque and Tol languages , but since Suárez's work it is generally accepted that Subtiaba is an Oto-Manguean language. When Sapir wrote about it in 1925 it was already very endangered or moribund.

Lexical comparison

English	Sutiaba	Tlapanec
One	i·mba	mba1
Two	a·pu·	a3hma3
Three	a·su	a2cu1
Four	axku	a2kho3
Man	ra·bu	ša3bo3
Woman	ra·bagu·	a'3go3
Dog	ru·wa	šu3wã1
Sun	ahka	a3kha'3
Moon	uku	gő'3
Water	i·lu	i2ya2

See also

• Tlapanecan languages

References

• Campbell, Lyle (1979): "Middle American Languages" en The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment, Campbell, Lyle; & Mithun, Marianne (Eds.), Austin: University of Texas Press, pp. 902-999.
• Sapir, Edward (1925). "The Hokan affinity of Subtiaba in Nicaragua". American Anthropologist (New Series). 27 (3, 4): pp.402–435, 491–527. doi:10.1525/aa.1925.27.3.02a00040. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Suárez, Jorge A. (1977). El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Template:Es icon

External links

• Subtiaba, at Summer Institute of Linguistics
• OLAC resources in and about the Subtiaba language