Papago-Pima
The Tohono O'odham were known till recently as Papago or
Papago-Pima. Now the native term is more widely used, and
for the language, O'odham, is used as a short form. The
Tohono O'odham live in the desert of Sonora, in south
central Arizona, US. They number around 20,000 people, with
11,000 speakers of the language (1990). Also some 500
speakers in Mexico. O'odham is a Uto-Aztecan language,
closely related to Pima proper, spoken in central Arizona,
and also to Pima Bajo or Oob No'ok of Mexico.
In the table, what should be written as C and S with
caron are marked as underlined C and S.
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Tohono
O'odham
Tohono O'odham herriari oraintsu arte Papago edo
Papago-Pima esaten zitzaion. Orain jatorrizko izena nagusitu
da, edo O'odham, laburrago, hizkuntza izendatzeko. Tohono
O'odham herria Sonorako basamortuan bizi da, Arizonako
hegoaldean, EEBBetan. Han 20.000 inguru dira, eta hiztunak
11.000, gehi beste 500 bat mugaz bestaldean, Mexikon (1990).
Uto-Aztekar familiako hizkuntza da hau, eta bere ahaide
hurbilenak Arizona erdialdeko Pima eta Mexikoko Pima Bajo
edo Oob No'ok dira.
Taulan, azpimarratutako C eta S gisa ageri
direnak, berez caron-dun kontsonanteak dira, v ttipi bat
behar dute gainean.
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