Catacaoan languages
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Catacaoan | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Piura Region, Peru |
Linguistic classification: | Sechura–Catacao
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Subdivisions: |
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Glottolog: | (not evaluated) |
![]() Location of the Catacaoan languages within Piura Region
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The Catacaoan languages are an extinct family of three languages spoken in the Piura Region of Peru. The three languages in the family are:[1]
- Catacao or Katakao, once spoken around the city of Catacaos
- Colán or Kolán, once spoken between the Piura and Chira Rivers
- Chira or Lachira or Tangarará, once spoken along the Chira river. It is unattested.
Vocabulary comparison
English | Colan | Catacao |
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drink | kum | konekuk |
heart | ñessini-m | ñiesiñi-čim |
water | yup | yup |
woman | pi-m | pi-čim |
fire | huyur | guanararak |
daughter | hiku-m | yku-čim kapuk |
son | hiku-m | yku-čim |
river | yup [water] | tuyurup |
brother | pua-m | pua-čim |
grass | aguakol | taguakol |
man | yatadla-m | aszat |
moon | nag | nam |
eat | agua | agua-čim |
sea | amum | amaum |
mother | nu-m | ni-čim |
dead | dlakati | ynata-klakatu |
bird | yaiau | yeya |
bone | dladlapi-ram | lalape-čen |
rain (v.) | ñar | ñarakñakitutin |
rain (n.) | nug | guayakinum |
fish | llas | llas |
branch | yabiti-ram | yabike |
rule (v.) | čañar | čañak |
sister | puru-m | puru-čim |
sun | turinap | nap |
earth | dlurum | durum |
trunk | tuku-ram | taksikáas |
wind | kuiat ñap | vik |
Genetic relations
Loukota compares Catacaoan to the Culle language and the Sechura language but does not make any claims about genetic relatedness.[2]
References
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- ↑ Loukotka was based in the list of the bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón: «43 voces castellanas traducidas alas ocho lenguas que hablan los indios de la costa, sierra y montañas del obispado de Trujillo del Perú, por el obispo de esta misma ciudad, baltazar Martinez de Compañón», written circa 1780.