DIALECTS OF THE CHOCO STOCK.
| Noanama. | Tado´. | Chami. | Sambo or Choco. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man, | emokoyda, | umujina, | muguira, | umachina, muguira. |
| Woman, | uida, | uena, | huera, | auera. |
| Sun, | edau, | pesia, | umata, | pisia, imuanba. |
| Moon, | edau, | jedego, | tedeco, | jedecó. |
| Fire, | igdn, | tibúa, | tibuzhia, | tŭjoor. |
| Water, | du, | panea, | pania, | pania. do = river. |
| Head, | púdu, | paru´, | boro, | poro. |
| Eye, | daū, | taū, | tao, | tau. |
| Ear, | cachi, | kŭru´, | guru, | juru. |
| Mouth, | i, | itai´, | gu, | ji, itai. |
| Nose, | keun, | kung, | y, | cung, jun. |
| Tongue, | meujina, | kinóme, | guiranee, | quirame. |
| Tooth, | hierra, | kida´, | guida, | tida. |
| Hand, | hua, | hua´, | tua, | jua. |
| Foot, | bopidi, | jinuga´, | tiui, | jinu. |
| House, | di, | tee´, | te, dhe. | |
| 1, | aba, | aba, | aba, | aba. |
| 2, | nu, | ume, | ube, | ome. |
| 3, | tanjupa, | kimaris, | umpea, | ompea. |
| 4, | jay upa, | guasuma, | guimare, | quimari. |
| 5, | juambo, | kisona, | guasome, | guasoma. |
The Choco family had probably at one time a much wider extension than we are familiar with in historic times. I have suggested (anté, pp. [274], [275]), that even the sparse material for comparison as yet available seems to indicate an affinity with the Betoya stock. As our knowledge of the Orinoco and the Columbian region extends, probably other tribes will be discovered speaking related dialects. The four vocabularies which I give above serve to illustrate the comparatively slight differences of the phonetics. Another dialect, the Tucará (see anté, p. [176], note), is given on the preceding page.
DIALECTS OF THE CHIBCHA STOCK.
| Chibcha. | Aroac. | Chimila. | Guaymi. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man, | muysca, | sökue, | söökué, | nitocua. |
| Woman, | ti-güi, | yun-kue, | yuunkué, | meri. |
| Sun, | sua, | yuia, | neiin-á, | ninguane. |
| Moon, | chie, | tii, | tii, | só. |
| Fire, | gata, | gué, | uuñé, | nocua. |
| Water, | sie, | yira, | niitake, | si, ña. |
| Head, | zysqui, | zankalla, | oökrá, | thokua. |
| Eye, | upcua, | uba, | uaákua, | ocua. |
| Ear, | cuhuca, | kuhcua, | kuúsaka, | olo. |
| Mouth, | quihica, | köhka, | köökua, | cā da. |
| Nose, | saca, | niksaiñ, | naañakra, | secua. |
| Tongue, | pcua, | kuca, | kuá, | tudra. |
| Tooth, | sica, | köhka (?), | né, | tu. |
| Hand, | yta, | atta-kra, | aattakra, | cuse. |
| Foot, | quihicha, | ksa, pukré, | pookré, | ngoto. |
| House, | güe, | húi, | aátaka, | jú. |
| 1, | ata, | kuté, | kuté, | kr-ati. |
| 2, | boza, | moga, | muuhná, | kro-bu. |
| 3, | mica, | maigua, | teieme´, | kro-mai. |
| 4, | muihica, | murieié, | murieié, | kro-boko. |
| 5, | hisca, | achigua, | kutendeu-rehattagra, | kro-rigua. |
The relations of the Chibcha dialects are so important in their bearings on the question of the migrations from South into North America, that in addition to the specific comparisons on page 186, I here add vocabularies of six dialects; three, the Chibcha, Aroac and Chimila, from south of the Isthmus, and three, the Guaymi, Talamanca and Boruca, from north of it.
The Chibcha proper is a language of extremely difficult phonetics for a European, and doubtless the Spanish orthography, in which it is rendered, is far from accurate.
The fundamental identity of the dialects of the stock becomes much more apparent after a study of their laws of phonetic variation, as set forth by Dr. Max Uhle (anté, p. [185]).