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Subtiaba language

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Native to
  
Nicaragua

Extinct
  
between 1909 and 1981

Glottolog
  
subt1250

Ethnicity
  
5,000 (1981)

ISO 639-3
  
sut

Language family
  
Oto-Mangue Tlapanecan Subtiaba

Subtiaba is an extinct Oto-Manguean language which was spoken on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua, especially in the Subtiaba district of León. Edward Sapir established a connection between Subtiaba and Tlapanec. When Lehmann wrote about it in 1909 it was already very endangered or moribund.

References

Subtiaba language Wikipedia