Saturday, August 16, 2008

Tonkawa language from tonkawatribe.com

Tonkawa

English
yaxan -food
a:x -water
hemaxan --chicken
'awas - n'a - n -sausage or hamburger (ground meat)
'aso - ka -sugar
'ale - na -flour
a:x - pix --a sweet refreshment (soda, cool-aid, etc)
'ok - me - lo - xa --bacon or pork
ya - tal - pan -fry bread
pilaw - tic -biscuit or cookie
tol - 'axan -corn
tol - 'axanya-tos -popcorn
ya - tos
xa - ya - kew -butter
pan -white bread
a - was -meat
mam - 'an -salt
mam - 'an - ci - kew -peppers
na - hen - mas - luc -potatoes
ke - kew -give to me
Ya - tal - pan ke - kew! pass me the fry bread
Pilaw-tic ke-kew! - pass me the cookies

wikapedia has a good article on Tonkawa language as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkawa_language

they have 15 consonants and of course 5 vowels.

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