CENTRAL STOCKS.
| Chinantec. | Huave. | Maya. | Chapanec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man, | cha, ñuh, | náshui, | uinic, | dipaju, naha. |
| Woman, | mui, | naptah, nostah, | ixal, | nafui. |
| Sun, | mañui, | noet, | kin, | napiju, nyumbu. |
| Moon, | zei, | cahau, | u, | yuju. |
| Fire, | nigei, | kaak, | niiyu. | |
| Water, | mui, | ha, | nimbu. | |
| Head, | gui, | pol, hol, | tkima. | |
| Eye, | manihi, | uich, | naté. | |
| Ear, | xicin, | nyujmi. | ||
| Mouth, | cuhaha, | chi, | duŭi, nunsu. | |
| Nose, | ni, | nyungu. | ||
| Tongue, | uak, | baelu, griji. | ||
| Tooth, | co, | niji. | ||
| Hand, | nquaha, | cab, | dila, diro. | |
| Foot, | nni, | uoc, oc, | laku, gura. | |
| House, | nu, | piem, | otoch, | nangu. |
| 1, | cna, | anop, | hun, | tike, ticao. |
| 2, | tno, | epoem, | ca, | jomi, hăo. |
| 3, | nne, | erof-poef, | ox, | jami, haui. |
| 4, | quiu, | apûkif, | can, | haha. |
| 5, | ña, | akukif, | ho, | hāomo. |
The Chinantec is included in the Zapotec stock by Pimentel, who follows the dictum of Hervas, confessedly without examination (Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico, Tom. III., cap. 37). This was not the opinion of Dr. Berendt, who has compared both tongues, and a comparison of the short vocabularies which I give shows only one word, that for “foot,” which is identical in both.
The Huaves, who claim a migration from the south, do not reveal a connection in their language with any of the southern stocks.
The Maya of the Vocabulary is the pure tongue as spoken in Yucatan. Its various dialects have been carefully studied by Berendt, Stoll and others. The most corrupt is probably the Chaneabal of Chiapas, of which I gave a short analysis in the American Anthropologist, Jan., 1888.