_Musquito._ _Lenca._ _Xicaque._ _Ulva._
Man, waikna, amashe, jomé, all.
Woman, mairen, mapu, pitmé, yall.
Sun, lapta, gasi, behapoi, moa.
Moon, kati, numui, uaigo.
Fire, pauta, uga, inqueamoos, ku.
Water, li, güas, sur, uas.
Head, lel, toro, laipuco, tunik.
Eye, nakro, saring, non, miniktaka.
Ear, kiama, yang, fora, tabaki.
Mouth, bila, ingori, muipane, dinibas.
Nose, kakma, napse, meguin, nangitak.
Tongue, twisa, navel, rin, tuki.
Tooth, napa, nagha, quir, anaki.
Hand, mita, gulala, mor, tumi.
Foot, mena, güagl, san, kalkibas.
House, watla, tahu, chef, u.
1, kumi, ita, pani, { aslar,
{ aloslag.
2, wal, na, matis, muye bu.
3, niupa, lagua, contis, muye bas.
4, wälwäl, aria, urupan, muya runca.
5, matasip, saihe, casanpani, muye sinca.
The above four vocabularies are taken from MS. material in my possession
collected by E. G. Squier and Dr. C. H. Berendt. They do not appear to
indicate the slightest relationship either between themselves, or with
any other known stocks. The careful researches of Lucien Adam on the
Musquito grammar do not bring it into connection either with the Carib
or the Chibcha families, with which it has sometimes been supposed to be
affined.
The Lenca dialects, of four of which I have vocabularies, do not differ
materially, but the exact distribution of the stock at the period of the
conquest is uncertain.