Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

Amuzgo is an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the Costa Chica region of the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca by about 44,000 speakers. Like other Oto-Manguean languages, Amuzgo is a tonal language. From syntactical point of view Amuzgo can be considered as an active language. The name Amuzgo is claimed to be a Nahuatl exonym but its meaning is shrouded in controversy; multiple proposals have been made, including 'moss-in'.

The Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos Verb

Amuzgo verbal inflection is extremely complex, and thus all the more interesting, but we can only attempt a rudimentary sketch here to cover the basics. Verbs inflect for various aspect-moods by means of prefixes: Completive (also called ‘Preterite’ or ‘Past’); Incompletive (also called ‘Present’); Subjunctive (a tense used in some dependent clauses); Irrealis (also called ‘Future’); Past Progressive and Future Progressive.

Verblist

m⁵mà¹, m⁵mèʔ¹, m⁵mèʔ¹ndàʔ¹, m⁵ʔmé⁵, n⁵hndɛ³⁵, n⁵na³ba³ndyè¹, n⁵na³ki³ntyha³, n⁵na³no³, n⁵nàʔ¹tzoan³, n⁵nchhe³, n⁵nchiuʔ³⁵, n⁵nchui³nʔo⁵³, n⁵nchʔue³⁵, n⁵nda³hñʔo¹², n⁵ndaʔ³⁴, n⁵ndaʔ³⁴hñʔo¹², n⁵ndaʔ³⁴tzʔon⁵³, n⁵ndáʔ⁵, n⁵nde³hndí⁵, n⁵nde³hndí⁵hñʔo¹², n⁵ndɛ¹, n⁵ndɛ¹² n⁵ntzʔa³⁵, n⁵ndɛ³⁴, n⁵ndɛ³⁵, n⁵ndɛʔ³⁵, n⁵ndi³⁵, n⁵ndi³ki³tyéʔ⁵, n⁵ndi³nkiʔ³, n⁵ndi³nkiʔ³ xken³, n⁵ndí⁵ hndʔueʔ¹², n⁵ndí⁵ kì¹ntù¹, n⁵ndí⁵ ki³ndyaʔ³ nchhi⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵ ki³ndyʔa³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵ ki³táʔ⁵, n⁵ndi⁵ ki⁵³tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵ kí⁵chi¹², n⁵ndí⁵ kí⁵ñí⁵nkiúʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵ kí⁵xe⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵ skù¹, n⁵ndí⁵ ʔ⁵han³, n⁵ndí⁵ ʔ⁵hndí⁵, n⁵ndí⁵ ʔ⁵hndíʔ⁵tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵ ʔ⁵tzaʔ³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵ ʔndáʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵baʔ³tʔeò¹ba³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵báʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵bè¹ká⁵, n⁵ndì⁵be³⁴n⁵no³, n⁵ndí⁵beʔ¹²tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵bì¹, n⁵ndí⁵bi³⁴ nthan³ʔndyó⁵, n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹, n⁵ndí⁵biʔ¹², n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹nchhi³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹ngʔe³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹nʔa⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹tza³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵bìʔ¹tzʔan⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵bʔi³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵bʔiʔ³⁵ tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵chen³ ʔ⁵kí⁵ànʔ¹, n⁵ndí⁵chen³ ʔndyó⁵, n⁵ndí⁵chhóʔ⁵tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵chhu⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵chio³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵chiʔ³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵chʔoen³, n⁵ndí⁵ha³, n⁵ndí⁵hán⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hi⁵³ba³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hmeʔ³, n⁵ndí⁵hmeʔ³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵hnaʔ¹², n⁵ndí⁵hnáʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hndà¹, n⁵ndí⁵hnda³, n⁵ndí⁵hnda³pi³là¹, n⁵ndí⁵hndaʔ⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵hndaʔ⁵³ xken³, n⁵ndí⁵hndɛ¹², n⁵ndí⁵hndɛ³, n⁵ndí⁵hndoʔ³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵hnduáʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hndye³ xken³, n⁵ndí⁵hndye³chuʔ³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵hndye³ká⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hndye³sʔonʔ³⁴, n⁵ndí⁵hndyo³, n⁵ndí⁵hndyuá⁵, n⁵ndí⁵hndʔuè¹, n⁵ndí⁵hñeʔ⁵³, n⁵ndí⁵hnoʔ³⁵, n⁵ndí⁵keʔ³tzʔon³, n⁵ndí⁵khè¹, n⁵ndí⁵khé⁵, n⁵ndí⁵khéʔ⁵, n⁵ndí⁵kì¹chiʔ³, n⁵ndí⁵kì¹hndyʔè¹, n⁵ndí⁵kì¹ʔuà¹, n⁵ndí⁵ki³hndyu³.

External Links

• Oto-Manguean Inflectional Class Database