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The {{nihongo|'''Matagi dialect'''|マタギ言葉|Matagi kotoba}} is a functionally extinct<ref name="IGI"/> ] ] spoken by the ] people of ] and other areas of the ] region in northern ], Japan. The {{nihongo|'''Matagi dialect'''|マタギ言葉|Matagi kotoba}} is a functionally extinct<ref name="IGI"/> ] ] spoken by the ] people of ] and other areas of the ] region in northern ], Japan.


Matagi contains various unique words relating to hunting, tools, and rituals, many of which are of ] origin.<ref name="IGI">{{cite book | last=Itabashi | first=Yoshizo | title=Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies | chapter=The Origin and History of the Extinct Contact-Induced Language, Matagi | publisher=IGI Global | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-7998-2959-1 | doi=10.4018/978-1-7998-2959-1.ch011 | page=245–264}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis | last=Versluis | first=Mirjam | title=The Matagi language and its relation to the Ainu and Japanese languages | type=MA thesis| publisher=Leiden University | date=2014 | url=https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/29952 | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref> Matagi contains various unique words relating to hunting, tools, and rituals, many of which are of ] origin.<ref name="IGI">{{cite book | last=Itabashi | first=Yoshizo | title=Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies | chapter=The Origin and History of the Extinct Contact-Induced Language, Matagi | publisher=IGI Global | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-7998-2959-1 | doi=10.4018/978-1-7998-2959-1.ch011 | page=245–264}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis | last=Versluis | first=Mirjam | title=The Matagi language and its relation to the Ainu and Japanese languages | type=MA thesis| publisher=Leiden University | date=2014 | url=https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/29952 | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>


A dictionary of Matagi was published by Yoshizo Itabashi (板橋義三) in 2008.<ref>{{cite book | first=Yoshizo | last=Itabashi | title=マタギ語辞典 (A Dictionary of the Matagi Language) | publisher=現代図書 (Gendai Tosho) | publication-place=東京 | date=2008 | isbn=978-4-434-11304-8 | language=ja | url=https://www.gendaitosho.co.jp/isbn/isbn978-4-434-11304-8.html}}</ref> A dictionary of Matagi was published by Yoshizo Itabashi (板橋義三) in 2008.<ref>{{cite book | first=Yoshizo | last=Itabashi | title=マタギ語辞典 (A Dictionary of the Matagi Language) | publisher=現代図書 (Gendai Tosho) | publication-place=東京 | date=2008 | isbn=978-4-434-11304-8 | language=ja | url=https://www.gendaitosho.co.jp/isbn/isbn978-4-434-11304-8.html}}</ref>


==Vocabulary== ==Vocabulary==
Below are some examples unique Matagi words. Words such as ''wakka'' 'water', ''seta'' 'dog', and ''sanpe'' 'heart' are of ] origin.<ref>{{cite web | title=マタギことば・やまことば | website=gari2.tuzikaze.com | url=http://gari2.tuzikaze.com/kotoba_uta/yamakotoba.htm | language=ja | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref> Below are some examples unique Matagi words. Words such as ''wakka'' 'water', ''seta'' 'dog', and ''sanpe'' 'heart' are of ] origin.<ref>{{cite web | title=マタギことば・やまことば | website=gari2.tuzikaze.com | url=http://gari2.tuzikaze.com/kotoba_uta/yamakotoba.htm | language=ja | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>


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==References== ==References==

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Japanese dialect
Matagi dialect
マタギ
Native toJapan
RegionAkita, Aomori
Native speakers0 (2021)
Language familyJaponic
Language codes
ISO 639-3

The Matagi dialect (マタギ言葉, Matagi kotoba) is a functionally extinct Japanese sociolect spoken by the Matagi people of Akita Prefecture and other areas of the Tohoku region in northern Honshu, Japan.

Matagi contains various unique words relating to hunting, tools, and rituals, many of which are of Ainu origin.

A dictionary of Matagi was published by Yoshizo Itabashi (板橋義三) in 2008.

Vocabulary

Below are some examples unique Matagi words. Words such as wakka 'water', seta 'dog', and sanpe 'heart' are of Ainu origin.

English gloss Japanese gloss Matagi (hiragana) Matagi (romanized)
water; liquor 水・酒 わっか wakka
bear いたず itazu
bear なびれ nabire
dog せた seta
dog へだ heda
wolf おきゃく okyaku
Japanese macaque すね sune
Japanese serow カモシカ あおけら aokera
Japanese serow カモシカ こしまけ koshimake
cattle つのから tsunokara
rice (uncooked) くさのみ kusanomi
Buddhist temple くし kushi
heart 心臓 さんぺ sanpe
non-Matagi person マタギでない人 せたぎ setagi

See also

References

  1. ^ Itabashi, Yoshizo (2021). "The Origin and History of the Extinct Contact-Induced Language, Matagi". Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies. IGI Global. p. 245–264. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-2959-1.ch011. ISBN 978-1-7998-2959-1.
  2. Versluis, Mirjam (2014). The Matagi language and its relation to the Ainu and Japanese languages (MA thesis). Leiden University. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. Itabashi, Yoshizo (2008). マタギ語辞典 (A Dictionary of the Matagi Language) (in Japanese). 東京: 現代図書 (Gendai Tosho). ISBN 978-4-434-11304-8.
  4. "マタギことば・やまことば". gari2.tuzikaze.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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