Kirikirʔis
Wichita
Caddoan (Northern Caddoan)
Wichita is a Northern Caddoan language of Oklahoma famous for lacking a bilabial stop /p/ entirely — a typologically extreme rarity worldwide. Its polysynthetic verbs can express whole sentences in a single word, and a glottal stop ʔ and long vowels are phonemically contrastive.
Dove si parla
20 parole essenziali in Wichita
Acqua
kicʔa
/kit͡sʔa/
Fuoco
hatʔihks
/hatʔihks/
Sole
saːkihirikiʔis
/saːkihiɾikiʔis/
Luna
—
/—/
Madre
ʔatsi
/ʔatsi/
Padre
ʔaːsi
/ʔaːsi/
Mangiare
taʔac
/taʔat͡s/
Bere
kiːckiriʔeːhirʔa
/kiːt͡skiɾiʔeːhiɾʔa/
Amore
—
/—/
Cuore
kaːc
/kaːt͡s/
Albero
tahaːriʔ
/tahaːɾiʔ/
Casa
kaːhikʔa
/kaːhikʔa/
Cane
kicʔariːh
/kit͡sʔaɾiːh/
Gatto
—
/—/
Mano
ʔiskʔa
/ʔiskʔa/
Occhio
kiriːkihinaʔ
/kiɾiːkihinaʔ/
Ciao
nakahaʔahirʔa
/nakahaʔahiɾʔa/
Grazie
—
/—/
Uno
cʔiːʔas
/t͡sʔiːʔas/
Buono
—
/—/
Fonti
- Rood, David S. (1976) Wichita Grammar. New York: Garland.
- Rood, David S. (1975) The Implications of Wichita Phonology. Language 51(2):315-337.
- Glottolog: Wichita
Parole a confronto
Confrontato con le lingue Caddoan (Northern Caddoan) correlate
| Significato | Wichita | Falisco | tuyuca | osco | Neko | Messapico | Venetico |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | kicʔa /kit͡sʔa/ | — /—/ | oko /oko/ | — /—/ | wai /wai/ | — /—/ | ouriom /ˈou.ri.om/ |
| Fuoco | hatʔihks /hatʔihks/ | — /—/ | pekãbẽ /pekãbẽ/ | — /—/ | titɛ /titɛ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Sole | saːkihirikiʔis /saːkihiɾikiʔis/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | aatʌ /aːtʌ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Luna | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Madre | ʔatsi /ʔatsi/ | — /—/ | pakó /pakó/ | maatúf /maːtof/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | matur /ˈma.tur/ |
| Padre | ʔaːsi /ʔaːsi/ | pater /ˈpa.ter/ | — /—/ | patír /patiːr/ | — /—/ | ana /ˈana/ | — /—/ |
| Mangiare | taʔac /taʔat͡s/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | nei /nei/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Bere | kiːckiriʔeːhirʔa /kiːt͡skiɾiʔeːhiɾʔa/ | pipafo /ˈpi.pa.foː/ | sĩdĩ /sĩdĩ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Amore | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Cuore | kaːc /kaːt͡s/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Albero | tahaːriʔ /tahaːɾiʔ/ | — /—/ | yukɨgɨ /jukɨɡɨ/ | — /—/ | tei /tei/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Casa | kaːhikʔa /kaːhikʔa/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | trííbúm /triːbom/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Cane | kicʔariːh /kit͡sʔaɾiːh/ | — /—/ | diayi /diaji/ | — /—/ | gonʌ /ɡonʌ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Gatto | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Mano | ʔiskʔa /ʔiskʔa/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | manim /manim/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Occhio | kiriːkihinaʔ /kiɾiːkihinaʔ/ | — /—/ | kapea /kapea/ | — /—/ | ta /ta/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Ciao | nakahaʔahirʔa /nakahaʔahiɾʔa/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Grazie | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Uno | cʔiːʔas /t͡sʔiːʔas/ | oinos /ˈoi̯.nos/ | sika /sika/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Buono | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
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