Zuñi

Zuñi (also Zuni or Shiwi) is one of approximately 4500 Pueblo Indians ( the Zuni) spoken language in new Mexico, furthermore are some Zuni speakers in parts of Arizonas.

relationship with other languages

Zuni is ranked at present among the isolated languages. Some linguists assigned it to the Penuti Sprachfamilie. Bertha Dutton set up the hypothesis that the Zuni language after its basis vocabulary, „… if it a member of the Penuti Sprachfamilie is, a distant relationship with the Tanoan languages (Tewi) exhibits.“

The Penuti Hypothesis set up of Alfreds Kroeber and Roland B. Dixon and specifies later from Edward Sapir. This happened in the context of the attempt to reduce the number of isolated language families in a culturally various region with central area on the California central coast. The theory is load-carrying for some languages, for the verified relationship of these California original languages with the Zuni is missing however so far still relevant related words. Probably the languages already developed for 3000 or 5000 years independently of each other.

phonology

consonant

it gives 16 Zuni consonants:

of vowels

origin

'The Zuni Enigma', a work of Nancy Yaw Davis compares related words in the Zuni language and in the Japanese. The beginning is speculatively, more convincing for many however than the Penuti hypothesis.

Furthermore from interest the works are franc Hamilton Cushings. It was one the first Anthropologen, which practiced the method of the participating observation; it became member of the Zuni trunk during its research work in the Pueblo between 1879 and 1884.

literature

• Bunzel, Ruth L.: The Pueblo Potter: A Study OF Creative imagination into primitive kind. Dover Publications, 1972, ISBN 0486228754
• Bunzel, Ruth L.: Introduction ton of Zuñi Ceremonialism. University OF new Mexico press, 1992.
• Bunzel, Ruth L.: Zuni of text (Publications OF the American Ethnological Society NO 15). Ams Pr, 1973, ISBN 040458165X
• Condie, Carol.: Problem of OF A Chomskyan analysis OF Zuni Transitivity. Internationally journal OF American Linguistics. 39: 207-223, 1973.
• Cook, Curtis D.: Nucleus and Margin OF Zuni Clause of type. Linguistics. 13: 5-37, 1975.
• Davis, Nancy Yaw.: The Zuni Enigma. Norton, 2000, ISBN 0393047881
• Dutton, Bertha P.: American Indians OF the Southwest. Albuquerque: University OF new Mexico press, 1983.
• Green, Jesse, OD.: Zuni: Selected Writings OF franc Hamilton Cushing. University OF Nebraska press, Lincoln and London 1979, ISBN 0803221002
• Green, Jesse: Cushing RK Zuni: The Correspondence and journal OF franc Hamilton Cushing, 1879-1884. University OF new Mexico press, Albuquerque 1990, ISBN 0826311725
• Hickerson, Nancy P.: Two Studies OF Color: Implications for the CROSS cult Urals Comparability OF semantics Categories. In: Linguistics and Anthropology: In honor OF C.F. Voegelin. Pp. 317-330. OD. By M. Dale Kinkade, Kenneth resounds, to and Oswald Werner. The Peter De Ridder press, 1975.
• Blow, of Louis A.: Meaning and Mismeaning: Toward at Understanding OF the ritual clown. In: New Perspectives on the Pueblos. OD. by Alfonso Ortiz. Pp. 163-195. Albuquerque: University OF new Mexico press, 1972.
• Hymes, Dell H.: Some Penutian of element and the Penutian Hypothesis. In: Southwestern journal OF Anthropology. 13:69 - 87, 1957.
• Miner, Kenneth L.: Noun Stripping and Loose Incorporation in Zuni. In: Internationally journal OF American Linguistics. 52: 242-254, 1986.
• Mithun, Marianne (OD.).: The LANGUAGEs OF native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 1999.
• Newman, Stanley: Vocabulary level: Zuni Sacred and Slang Usage. In: Southwestern journal OF Anthropology. 11: 345-354, 1955.
• Newman, Stanley: Zuni Dictionary. Indiana University Research center Publication Six. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1958.
• Newman, Stanley: The Zuni verb „tons “. In: Foundations OF LANGUAGE, Supplemental Series. Vol.1. OD. by John W. Hair, The Humanities press, 1967.
• Walker, wanting pool of broadcasting corporations: Inflection and Taxonomic Structure in Zuni. in: Internationally journal OF American Linguistics. 32(3): 217-227, 1966.
• Walker wanting pool of broadcasting corporations: Toward A sound Pattern OF the Zuni. In: Internationally journal OF American Linguistics. 38 (4): 240-259, 1968.
• Young, M. Jane: Signs from the Ancestors: Zuni Cultural Symbolism and Perceptions in skirt kind. University OF new Mexico press, Albuquerque 1988, ISBN 0826312039

Web on the left of (English)

• ethnologischer report implications
• of the Zuni world view, HTML and pdf ontologische linguistic over Zuni Zuni World View and.
• Zuni LANGUAGE audio files of the Zuni language with Zunispirits.