Giamina language
| Giamina | |
|---|---|
| Omomil | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | California |
| Ethnicity | Giamina/Omomil |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | omom1235 |
Giamina (Omomil) is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken in the American state of California, between Poso Creek and the Kern River. It is poorly attested, with only around 20 words collected in the early 20th century, but can be clearly classified as Uto-Aztecan.[1] An elderly Yokuts man stated they were identical with the Kumachisi, a subdivision of the Tübatulabal.[2]
Vocabulary
| gloss | Giamina | gloss | Giamina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tcupu | house | ni-ku |
| 2 | hewe | water | bal, bal-aku |
| 3 | pohoim | road | bèkt |
| 4 | wadja | mountain | tabakwan |
| 5 | madjindji | across | dab-iku |
| 6 | pābahai | no | hahītcu, ahītciwa |
| person | xöxinil, xaxinil | much, many | em |
| man | muut | drink | hüüka |
| woman | wiʼct | kill | mikʼan |
| deer | piāt | ||
References
- ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4.
- ^ a b Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) (1907). Shoshonean dialects of California. University of California Libraries. [Berkeley, The University Press.