Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. Edward Sapir established a connection between Subtiaba and Tlapanec. When Lehmann wrote about it in 1909 it was already very endangered or moribund.
Subtiaba | |
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Native to | Nicaragua |
Ethnicity | 20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2] |
Extinct | In the 1920s[3] |
Oto-Mangue
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sut |
Glottolog | subt1250 |
The name "Subtiaba" may be of Nahuatl origin, from the roots xoctli ("black snail") and atl ("water").[4]
Lexical comparison from Native American Language Net:[5]
English | Subtiaba | Tlapanec |
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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 |