Language

Vüravk (talk) Fernandeño Tataviam

The historical language within the ancestral Fernandeno Tataviam territory is of a combination of four ethno-linguistic groups.

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Short list of Fernandeño and Tataviam words:

pakó enter
Pakóinga (pacoima) place of the entrance
tuhú old woman
Eráqpo Old man
taráhat the people
Terngava summer
Tuhúnga (Tujunga) place of the old woman
támit sun
píru tule
Kwúr Elderberry
par water
haj mountain
múhut owl
huñar bear
sukát deer
Ítar coyote