The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Indians; Indians -- Languages
_Tarahumara._ _Pima._ _Nahuatl._ _Ute._
Man, tehoje, tinot, tlacatl, tawatz.
Woman, muki, upi, uba, cihuatl, oubea.
Sun, taica, tash, tonatiuh, tabi.
Moon, maitsaca, { maskat, } metztli, mytogé.
{ massar, }
Fire, naïki, tletl, tē vua, M.
Water, { shontik, } atl, pah.
{ sueti, }
Head, moola, nemoah, totzontecon, totsein.
Eye, pusiki, ixtololotli, puevi.
Ear, nechcala, naank, nacaztli, nangk.
Mouth, camatl, temb.
Nose, jachcala, yacatl, yaga, M.
Tongue, tenila, nenepilli, lengi, M.
Tooth, ptahan, tlantli, tahwan.
Hand, noh, maitl, mōu, makhde.
Foot, tala, icxitl, igug.
House, { nip-ki, } calli, kahan.
{ ki, }
1, yumako, ce, shui.
2, oca, guoca, kuak, ome, wyune.
3, vaīk, yey, pay.
4, ki-ak, nahui, vachue.
5, huitas, macuilli, manuy.
The eight dialects which I give from the extensive Uto-Aztecan stock will
illustrate the relationship of its members. The words marked M. in the
Ute or Shoshonian vocabulary belong to the Moqui dialect, which appears
to approach nearer the Aztecan branch than the speech of the northern
tribes. The Tepehuana words are from the vocabulary obtained by M.
Tarayre, and published in his _Explorations_ (see _anté_, p. 136). I have
placed the geographical extremes, the Nahuatl and the Ute, side by side,
to illustrate the really striking similarity of these dialects, the one
current on the Columbia river, the other extending to Chiriqui lagoon,
near the Isthmus of Panama. Buschmann, in his works already referred to
(_anté_, p. 119), cites numerous other examples.
DIALECTS OF THE UTO-AZTECAN STOCK.--(_Continued._)
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