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
_Heve._ _Tepehuana._ _Opata._ _Cora._
Man, dor, chiuaitcam, uri, teuit, teáta.
Woman, { hub, } osi, _pl._ nau, uita.
{ hoquis, }
Sun, tuui, tanaol, tät, xeucat.
Moon, metzat, maasol, metza, añahupi.
Fire, te, tay, thai, teujcuarit.
Water, bat, suudai, vat, ahti.
Head, zonit, maao, muuti.
Eye, vusit, bopoe, mäua, hiuziti.
Ear, nacat, naxaihti.
Mouth, tenit, intrigni.
Nose, dacat, yak.
Tongue, nenet, nuin, nanuriti.
Tooth, tanus, tatama.
Hand, mamat, ingnaono.
Foot, tarat, incaiao, moamati.
House, quit, vāāk, kit, chapoariti.
1, sei, homad, se.
2, godum, gaok, hualpoa.
3, veidum, baech, vaide.
4, nausi, maukao, nago.
5, marqui, chetam, marizi.
Still more substantial proof of the unity of this stock is furnished by
the comparative grammar of its different members. These present various
phases of morphological development, but always on the same lines. The
Nahuatl is much the higher of them all, and in some of its forms attains
to a truly inflectional character, as has been shown by Professor
Steinthal.
CENTRAL STOCKS.
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