Comparative Lists of Serian and Yuman Pronouns
In the pronominal lists the eight pronominatives I, we, thou, ye, he, they, that, and this are compared. The comparison reveals no satisfactory evidence of relationship between the two tongues represented therein. In the list headed “Thou”, there is, it is true, a vague resemblance between some of the examples cited; but this is the extent of the agreement among the pronominative elements.
Along with these pronominal lists comparative tables of fifty conceptual terms have also been made. The vocables have been subjected to a discriminating analysis which fails to show any trustworthy evidence of genetic relationship between the Seri and the Yuman languages. These tables will be found at the end of the numeral lists.
The comparative pronominal lists follow:
| SERIAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | We | Thou | Ye | ||
| B. | ive | óve | me | move | |
| C. | eve, ivve | ove | me | movve | |
| D. | ibe, i, in | ||||
| YUMAN | |||||
| I. | ya | e-é | ba | me-é | |
| II. | bu | kélballa | mu | mugutí | |
| 2. | nyaa | mági | maa | yamakámvi | |
| 4. | n’yep | b’dowwaánge | man | n’yátches | |
| 5. | enyip | mateshehámk | mainye | hanyís | |
| 7. | inyeeippa | mahinye | |||
| 8. | ainyapi | ainyepi | howanye | inak | |
| 9. | inyétc | inyétcabĭtc | mantc | mantcawitc | |
| 6. | iniepa | huatcva | manya | ||
| 10. | anyáa | maa | |||
| 12. | n’yat | mantz | |||
| 13. | nyet | nyetchelechaml | manya | koonyemitch | |
| 14. | inyau | ikhin | nyau | vuyau-khumau | |
| 24. | n’ya | n’yawaâp | ma | n’yawaâp | |
| 16. | enyahpah | n’yeahpah | mahpah | ||
| 17. | nyat | nawot | mat | manyawapa | |
| 19. | nyät, nía | mät | mad | ||
| 20. | n’ñép | mañ | mandchequedíc | ||
| 22. | nyá | nyaä´ | mätche | ||
| 23. | nyapa | panyapa | m’apa | pamaba | |
| 15. | n’yàpa | n’yawa | m’apa | m’awa | |
| SERIAN | |||||
| He | They | That | This | ||
| B. | imk’ | move (for imkove) | imke | ipké | |
| C. | imki | imkove | imki | ||
| D. | itam | itam | |||
| YUMAN | |||||
| I. | kwumba | k’hu | |||
| II. | ugutá | ugultí | ugutá | yamú | |
| 2. | ma | bémi, maniûsi | owá | bémi, n’wagi | |
| 4. | v’dán | awatches | abányim | b’dan | |
| 5. | sewaínye | hanyís | wedaín | sewaín | |
| 6. | huványa | hoványe | vitanya | ||
| 7. | mánya | paichsama | kuucha, “What do you say?” | n’yaveoh | |
| 8. | howanméeme | nayew | howai | howanmiimi | |
| 9. | huvatce | iuyéteawĭntc | nyanya | viçanya | |
| 10. | nyuée | viyáa | |||
| 12. | habuitzk | ||||
| 13. | abilkoowan | sakewauk | nyasl | badam | |
| 14. | itcham | kitchámuyú | pú | piyáa | |
| 15. | pu | pu-wîiptch | pu-witch | p’yà | |
| 16. | memuchu | nepte | |||
| 17. | nyip | nyeep | kooacha | mop | |
| 19. | net | íet, iät | iät, íet | ||
| 20. | abáñ | s’tubáñ | s’tubáñ | cezáñ, vedáñ | |
| 22. | yetháha | nihátchewa | |||
| 23. | ẖápa | pachawit | nyepat | miẖi | |
| 24. | maîs | mawápa | púaisis | piyaís | |