Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Seri group (Hokan family).
Languages included: Seri [ser-ser].
Sources:
Moser & Marlett 2005 = Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricáana iitom = Diccionario seri-español-inglés: con índices español-seri, inglés-seri. Compiladores: Mary Beck Moser, Stephen A. Marlett. Hermosillo, Son.: Editorial UniSon : Plaza y Valdéz Editores. // A very large dictionary of Seri with many textual examples and a grammatical sketch. Available online at http://www.sil.org/mexico/seri/G004b-Diccionario-sei.pdf.
Moser & Marlett 2010 = Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom = Diccionario seri-español-inglés: con índices español-seri, inglés-seri. Compiladores: Mary Beck Moser, Stephen A. Marlett. Hermosillo, Son.: Editorial UniSon: Plaza y Valdés Editores. 2a edición. // Second edition of the Seri dictionary with minor additions and corrections. Available online at http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/smarlett/Stephen_Marlett/Publications_and_Presentations_files/Diccionario_Seri_2010.pdf.
Additional:
Kaufman 1989 = Kaufman, Terrence. A Research Program for Reconstructing Proto-Hokan: First Gropings. In: Papers from the 1988 Hokan-Penutian Languages Workshop. Compiled by Scott DeLancey. Eugene, OR: Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, pp. 50-168. // A comparative phonology of Hokan languages, accompanied by an extensive list of reconstructed Proto-Hokan grammatical and lexical morphemes, but without data from daughter languages.
Marlett 2000 = Stephen A. Marlett. Quantification with 'all' in Seri. In: Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session. 2000. Volume 44. // A paper dealing in detail with various Seri words meaning 'all'. Available online at http://www.und.edu/dept/linguistics/wp/2000Marlett.PDF.
Marlett 2010 = 19th century Seri wordlists: Comparison and analysis. In: SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers #8, pp. 1-61. // A detailed examination of Seri wordlists collected in the 19th century. Available online at http://www.sil.org/mexico/workpapers/WP008i-SeriWordLists-sei.pdf.
Notes on transcription.
The Seri alphabet is transliterated as follows:
a | a |
c | k |
cö | kw |
e | ɛ |
f | ɸ |
h | ʔ |
i | i |
j | x |
jö | xw |
l | ɬ |
l_ | l |
m | m |
n | n |
o | o |
p | p |
qu | k |
r | ɾ |
s | s |
t | t |
x | χ |
xö | χw |
y | y |
z | š |
VV | Vː |
VVV | VːV |
Compiled and annotated by: M. Zhivlov (December 2011).