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Yaane'e kukaamonga xaa.

Name: Anonymous 2009-08-19 6:05

I just started studying Tongva this week. It's the language people spoke in what's now the Los Angeles area. I barely know how to say "Are you hungry?" ("Koviinokha'a?"), but it's more than I knew last week!

Does anyone out there in /lang/ speak an American Indian language?

Name: Anonymous 2009-08-22 16:25

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Well, I'm not too far into it, so I'm just into the simple stuff atm. The word order is completely interchangeable, except for pronouns which must come after the 1st word in the sentance.  The words for negation (Xaay) and for time (like in the title, Yaa, meaning "now" or "already") must be the first word in the sentance, with negation having first priority when you're saying both.

There's a letter that'll throw most people for a loop, "ng". When you say "singer" in English, the "ng" makes a single sound (not n + guh). This sound is a full-blown letter in Tongva, like in the words "Yaanga" ("in Los Angeles") and "Ngaavavet" ("grindstone").

Other than that, I'm waiting on a grammar and phrasebook I ordered off the internet about a week ago.

The title I started the thread with basically means "I'm in Cucamonga right now."

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