GRAMMAR:GD: Radin,Paul. 1935. "Notes on the Tlapanecan Language of Guerrero," IJAL 8, 45-72.
OTHERSOURC:Weathers, Mark L. 1976. "Tlapanec 1975," IJAL 42, 367-71.
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ b d ɡ s š h m n l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ ʔ
FRICATIVES:s š h
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
NASALVOWEL:
ṽ all v̄̃ all
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
TONES:hi mid lo hi-mid-ris lo-mid-fall
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:VSO NA GN N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:4943
LANGUAGE:Subtiaba
LOCATION:Nicaragua
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Hokan: Southern: Tlapanecan
OTHERSOURC:Oltrogge, David. 1977. "Proto Jicaque-Subtiaba-Tequistlateco: A Comparative Reconstruction," in Two Studies in Middle American Comparative Linguistics, SIL 55, 1-52.
CONSONANTS:
p t tʔ k b mb d ɡ s š χ h m n ñ ŋ l
STOPS:p b mb t tʔ d k ɡ
FRICATIVES:s š χ h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u o a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
NUMBER:4944
LANGUAGE:Kiowa
LOCATION:Oklahoma
POPULATION:2,000
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Tanoan: Kiowa-Towa
DICTIONARY:Harrington, John Peabody. 1928. Vocabulary of the Kiowa Language. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 84.
GRAMMAR:Trager, Edith Crowell. 1960. The Kiowa Language: A Grammatical Study. Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Diss.
OTHERSOURC:
Harrington, John P. 1946. "Three Kiowa Texts," IJAL 12, 237-43. Crowell, Edith E. 1949. "A Preliminary Report on Kiowa Structure," IJAL 15, 163-7. Wonderly, William L., Lorna F. Gibson and Paul L. Kirk. 1954. "Number in Kiowa: Nouns, Demonstratives, and Adjectives," IJAL 20, 1-7. Sivertsen, Eva. 1956. "Pitch Problems in Kiowa," IJAL 22, 117-30. Merrifield, William R. 1959. "The Kiowa Verb Prefix," IJAL 25, 168-76.
CONSONANTS:
p ph pʔ t th tʔ k kh kʔ ʔ b d ɡ ts tsʔ s h z m n l
STOPS:p ph pʔ b t th tʔ d k kh kʔ ɡ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts tsʔ
FRICATIVES:s z h
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
GLIDES:j
VOWELS:
i u e o ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
NASALVOWEL:
ṽ all v̄̃ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4die 4ie 2 5d 5 3 6d 6 + indef
SYNTAX:SOV NA DN NUM-N POSS-N
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:4945
LANGUAGE:Towa
LOCATION:N New Mexico
POPULATION:1,250
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Tanoan: Kiowa-Towa
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4946
LANGUAGE:Tewa
LOCATION:N New Mexico
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Tanoan: Tewa-Tiwa
OTHERSOURC:
Harrington, John P. 1946. "Three Tewa Texts," IJAL 13, 112-6. Hoijer, Harry and Edward P. Dozier. 1949. "The Phonemes of Tewa, Santa Clara Dialect," IJAL 15, 139-44. Dozier, Edward. 1953. "Tewa II: Verb Structure," IJAl 19, 118-27. Yegerlehner, John. 1959. "Arizona Tewa I: Phonemes," IJAL 25, 1-7.
CONSONANTS:
p pʔ t (tj) tʔ k kʔ kʷ kʔʷ ʔ b d ɡ ts tsʔ č čʔ ɡ̌ ɸ θ s š x xʷ h hʷ β m n nj ɾ
STOPS:p pʔ b t (tj) tʔ d k kʔ ɡ kʷ kʔʷ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts tsʔ č čʔ ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:ɸ β θ s š x xʷ h hʷ
NASALS:m n nj
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e (ɛ) ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e (ɛ)
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:ī (ɛ̄) ā ū ō
NASALVOWEL:
ĩ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɛ̃̄ ã̄ ũ̄
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:hi mid lo falling weak
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 (4d)* 4 2 (5d)* 5 3 (6d)* 6 *occur in prefixed pronouns only, not in independent pronouns.
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN NUM-N POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
COMMENTS:
Age Lgs >70 Bilingual: Tewa, Spanish 45-70 Trilingual: Tewa, Spanish, English 0-45 Bilingual: Tewa, English
Trager, George L. 1944. "Spanish and English Loanwords in Taos," IJAL 10, 144-58. Trager, George L. 1948. "Taos I: A Language Revisited," IJAL 14, 155-60. Trager, Geoger L. 1954. "Taos II: Pronominal Reference," IJAL 20, 173-80.
CONSONANTS:
p ph pʔ t th tʔ k kʔ kʷ kʔʷ ʔ b d ɡ ts tsʔ s x xʷ h m n l ɬ ɾ
STOPS:p ph pʔ b t th tʔ d k kʔ ɡ kʷ kʔʷ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts tsʔ
FRICATIVES:s x xʷ h
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e ǝ a ɒ
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ɒ
NASALVOWEL:ı̃ ɛ̃ ũ ɔ̃ ɑ̃
TONES:hi mid lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6 1=6d These are noun prefixes; the only independent pronouns are 1 and 2.
p t nt k kʷ q qʷ ʔ b d ɡ ɡʷ G Gʷ ts dz s x h m ʔm n ʔn
STOPS:p b t nt d k ɡ kʷ ɡʷ q qʷ G Gʷ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts dz
FRICATIVES:s x h
NASALS:m ʔm n ʔn
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ n
GLIDES:j j̥ ʔj w w̥ ʔw
VOWELS:
i ɨ u e o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄
STRESS:non-phonemic (on syllable containing second mora from end of word)
DEMONSTRAT:2
ARTICLES:art
SYNTAX:SOV AN GN DN NUM-N POSS-N
NOUNINCORP:noun incorp
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:4955
LANGUAGE:Koso
LOCATION:SE California
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Uto-Aztecan: Numic: Central
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4956
LANGUAGE:Shoshone
LOCATION:Wyoming
POPULATION:5,000
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Uto-Aztecan: Numic: Central
DICTIONARY:Tidzump, Malinda. 1970. Shoshone Thesaurus. Grand Forks, North Dakota: SIL.
OTHERSOURC:
Shimkin, D. B. 1949. "Shoshone, I-II," IJAL 15, 175-88 & 203-12. Davis, Irvine. 1966. "Numic Consonantal Correspondences," IJAL 32, 124-40.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kʷ ʔ b d hd ɡ ɡʷ ts dz s h z m m̥ n n̥ ŋʷ
STOPS:p b t d hd k ɡ kʷ ɡʷ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts dz
FRICATIVES:s z h
NASALS:m m̥ n n̥ ŋʷ
MODIFIEDCO:Nc p t k kʷ ts
GLIDES:j j̥ w̥
VOWELS:
i ɨ u e o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:5: very close/close/slightly removed/removed but in sight/out of sight
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4die 4ie 2 5d 5 *3 *6d *6
SYNTAX:SOV AN GN DN NUM-N POSS-N D+A+N
NOUNINCORP:noun incorp
PREPPOST:PREP/POST
NUMBER:4957
LANGUAGE:Comanche
LOCATION:W Texas
POPULATION:5,000
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Central: Uto-Aztecan: Numic: Central
OTHERSOURC:
Riggs, Venda. 1949. "Alternate Phomemic Analyses of Comanche," IJAL 15, 229-31. Osborn, Henry and William A. Smalley. 1949. "Formulae for Comanche Stem and Word Formation," IJAL 15, 93-9. Casagrande, Joseph B. 1954. "Comanche Linguistic Acculturation," IJAL 20, 140-51. Davis, Irvine. 1966. "Numic Consonantal Correspondences," IJAL 32, 124-40.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kʷ ʔ ts s h β m n ɾ
STOPS:p t k kʷ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:β s h
NASALS:m n
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:hc p t k kʷ ts m n ɾ w
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i ɨ u e o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
MODIFIEDVO:v̥ all
SYLLABLE:CV(C)
STRESS:phonemic (but mostly initial)
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:3 this, that distant, that out of sight