Hupa

Facts

Language: Hupa
Alternate names: Hoopa
Language code: hup
Language family: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan-Eyak, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, California Athabaskan
Number of speakers: 8
Vulnerability: Dormant [Read more...]
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Introduction

Hupa is language of Hupa, Native North Americans, whose traditional land is Hupa Valley, California. Hupa tradition suggests that they have lived in Hupa valley for over 4,000 years. Some Hupa people also speak Yurok?.

The verb

Sample verb: -chwe'n

Definite

Sg.1	we:-chwe'n
Sg.2	win-chwe'n
Sg.3	ch'i-win-chwe'n
Pl.1	wi-di-chwe'n
Pl.2	woh-chwe'n
Pl.3	ya'win-chwe'n

Verblist

to bite -- =xacʼ
to burn -- =lit
to come -- =yaː
to die -- =tʼeːn; =yah
to eat -- =yaːn
to fly -- =xis; =xicʼ
to give -- =ʔaː
to kill -- =weː
to know -- =cʼit
to lie -- =tʰeː
to say -- =neː
to see -- =cʰis; =cʰaːn
to sit -- yaː=ʔaː
to sleep -- =waŋ
to go -- =yaː