- Tongva language
The Tongva language (also known as the "Gabrieliño language") is an Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the
Tongva , a Native American people who live in and aroundLos Angeles, California . Tongva is closely related to several other indigenous languages of the area, including theCahuilla language and theSerrano language , all of which are in the Takic language group.Modern
Southern California n place-names from Tongva include: Pacoima, Tujunga, Topanga, Azusa, the "Cahuenga" inCahuenga Pass and the "Cucamonga" in Rancho Cucamonga.The Tongva language is primarily documented in the unpublished early-20th century fieldnotes of
John Peabody Harrington . The last native speaker of the Tongva language is said to have died in the 1970s. Modern Tongva are attempting to revive the language, using written vocabularies and comparisons to the closely related Cahuilla language.ome Tongva words
=Collected by C. Hart Merriam (1903)McCawley, William. The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles. Malki Museum Press, 1996] =(Merriam refers to them as the Tongvā)
;Numbers
# Po-koo
# Wěh-hā
# Pah-hā
# Wah-chah
# Mah-har
# Pah-vah-hā
# Wah-chah-kav-e-ah
# Wa-ha's-wah-chah
# Mah-ha'hr-kav-e-ah
# Wa-hās-mah-hah'r
# Wa-hā's-mah-hah'r-koi-po-koo
# Wa-hā's-mah-hah'r-koi-wěh-hā;
grizzly bear :hoó-nahr :hoon-nah (subject) :hoon-rah (object);black bear :pí-yah-hó-naht
=Collected by Alexander Taylor (1860)=;Numbers
# po-koo
# wa-hay
# pa-hey
# wat-sa
# mahar
# pawahe
# wat-sa-kabiya
# wa-hish-watchsa
# mahar-cabearka
# wa-hish-marTaylor claims "they do not count farther than ten"
;bear:hoo-nar
=Collected by Dr. Oscar Loew (1875)=;Numbers
# pu-gu'
# ve-he'
# pa'-hi
# va-tcha'
# maha'r
# pa-va'he
# vatcha'-kabya'
# vehesh-vatcha'
# mahar-kabya'
# vehes-mahar
# puku-hurura
# vehe-hurura;bear:unar
=Collected by Charles Wilkes, USN (1838-1842)=;Numbers
# pukū
# wehē
# pāhe
# watsā;bear:hundr
Unreferenced
*Pacoima = from the root word "Pako" enter, meaning the entrance
*Tujunga= from the root word old woman "tux'uu"
*Azusa= from the word -"shuuk 'Ashuuksanga"= his grandmotherExternal links
* [http://video.csupomona.edu/SciImpact/BioTrek-245.asx Reconstructed Tongva spoken] (streaming video, Tongva speech beginning at 35:10)
References
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