Subtiaba language
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Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. Edward Sapir established a connection between Subtiaba and Tlapanec. When Lehmann wrote about it in 1909 it was already very endangered or moribund.
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Subtiaba | |
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Native to | Nicaragua |
Ethnicity | 20,000 (2005)[1]-49,000 (2006)[2] |
Extinct | In the 1920s[3] |
Oto-Mangue
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sut |
Glottolog | subt1250 |
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The name "Subtiaba" may be of Nahuatl origin, from the roots xoctli ("black snail") and atl ("water").[4]