Subtiaba language
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| Subtiaba | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Nicaragua |
| Native speakers | 0 (5000 ethnic Subtiaba [1981]) (date missing) |
| Language family |
Oto-Mangue
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sut |
Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua. 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.
[edit] References
- 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.
- Suárez, Jorge A. (1977) (MS). El tlapaneco como lengua Otomangue. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México. (Spanish)
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