Kawiah - Kawiago

Japanese: カウィア語 - かうぃあご
Kawiah - Kawiago

...Based on the assumption that languages ​​migrated from the Old World, some linguistic relationships between the two continents have been hypothesized, and although some comparisons have been attempted, such as between the Eskimo-Aleut and Uralo-Altaic languages, and between the Hoka and Malayo-Polynesian languages, no definitive proof has yet been found.
[Phonology and Grammar: The Case of Kawiah]
The phonology and grammar of this language are briefly described. It is a Kahuian language, an Aztec language belonging to the Aztec-Tanoan language family, which is widespread from southern California to Mexico. Speakers of this language currently live mainly on a few reservations about 150 km southeast of Los Angeles, but the number of speakers has steadily decreased, to less than 100 people today.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Kawia language" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旧大陸から移動したという推定に基づき,両大陸間のある言語間には親縁関係が予想され,例えばエスキモー・アレウト語族とウラル・アルタイ語族,ホカ語族とマレー・ポリネシア語族など,今までいくつかの比較が試みられてはいるが,確実に証明された事例はまだない。
[音韻と文法――カウィア語の場合]
 音韻・文法について略述するが,この言語はカリフォルニア南部からメキシコに達する広い分布を示すアズテク・タノア大語族に属するアズテク諸語のカウィア語である。この言語の話し手たちは,現在主としてロサンゼルス南東約150km付近にあるいくつかの保留地に住んでいるが,話せる人の数は減少の一途をたどり,今ではわずか100名にも満たない。…

※「カウィア語」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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