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Wildway · 03-05-2006, 06:15 AM

As a wilderness educator, and a student of native traditions and languages, I've noticed the definite lack of a "to be" verb. It seems that every modern language has it, but no "native" languages.

Author Martin Prechtel speaks quite earnestly on this subject, in regards to the Tiwa (Pueblo) and Tzutujil Mayan languages, in his books, Long Life - Honey in the Heart, Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, and The Toe Bone and the Tooth.

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Wildway Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 18	Do all Indigenous Languages lack the "to be" verb? As a wilderness educator, and a student of native traditions and languages, I've noticed the definite lack of a "to be" verb. It seems that every modern language has it, but no "native" languages. Author Martin Prechtel speaks quite earnestly on this subject, in regards to the Tiwa (Pueblo) and Tzutujil Mayan languages, in his books, Long Life - Honey in the Heart, Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, and The Toe Bone and the Tooth.