Matákoan
Mataguayo
Geographic
distribution		Chaco region
Linguistic classificationMataco–Guaicuru ?
  • Matákoan
Glottologmata1289

Matacoan (also Mataguayan, Matákoan, Mataguayo, Mataco–Mataguayo, Matacoano, Matacoana) is a language family of northern Argentina, western Paraguay, and southeastern Bolivia.

Family division

Matacoan consists of four clusters of languages. The family also has a clear binary split between Wichí-Chorote and Maká-Nivaclé according to Nikulin (2019).[1] Gordon (2005) in Ethnologue divides Wichí into three separate languages and Chorote into two languages.

Matacoan
  • Wichí-Chorote
  • Maká-Nivaclé
    • Nivaclé (also known as Chulupí–Ashlushlay, Chulupí, Ajlujlay, Alhulhai, Niwaklé, Niwaqli, Churupi, Chulupe. The name Chulupí is common but pejorative.)
      • Forest Nivaclé
      • River Nivaclé
    • Maká (also known as Macá, Maca, Towolhi, Toothle, Nynaka, Mak’á, Enimaca, Enimaga)
      • Ma’ká (also known as Towolhi)
      • Enimaga (also known as Enimaa, Kochaboth)

Mason (1950)

Internal classification by Mason (1950):[2]

Mataco-Maca
  • Mataco
    • Mataco-Mataguayo
      • Mataco
        • Guisnay
        • Nocten (Octenai)
      • Mataguayo
        • Northern: Hueshuo, Pesatupe, Abucheta
        • Southern: Vejoz
    • Chorotí-Ashluslay
      • Chorotí (Yofuaha)
      • Ashluslay (Chulupí, Chonopí, Sukin, Sotiagay, Tapieté)
  • Macá (Enimagá, Cochaboth, Guaná, Lengua)
    • Enimagá
      • Macá (Towothli, Toosle)
    • Guentusé
    • Cochaboth-Lengua

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Matacoan languages.[3]

glossChorotiChoropíSuhínSotsiagayAshlusláyMatacoVejozNoctenGuisnaiEnimagaMakká
head séteksatíkshutichshatishnu-xletékliteketekoːn-sletákin-hitla
tooth sá-huehuetseːutetsauteseuténo-tsoténo-chetezotéoːs-totéʔikon-xeti
water inátnaːʔateinaatinaːatinátinótguaginatinátgualéiwalü
fire houatitoxitoxitoxitóxitóxitagütaxetáxfeitfat
sun kilénʔkokláihankuklaifünchokʔlaaifingoklaixuálaixualaixualaixuálatátlaxunnu
moon hueläxuéklahiuerklaxiweklahuelaihuäläiguelachigueläivaʔedlaxuwãl
star katéskatéskatésskatískatäskatésketesfoʔoteki
dog nóonuuːxniuʔuxniuʔuxníusidnóxsignagesinaxatsünánunnax
jaguar ayäyaáxyáoxyáʔoxiyoxhaiyüxyageyaxharóxkometenax
black lämiklímklimlimpalüxpelagpeláxfo

Proto-language

For a reconstruction of Proto-Mataguayo by Viegas Barros (2002),[4] see the corresponding Spanish article.

References

  1. ↑ Nikulin, Andrey V. 2019. The classification of the languages of the South American Lowlands: State-of-the-art and challenges / Классификация языков востока Южной Америки. Illič-Svityč (Nostratic) Seminar / Ностратический семинар, Higher School of Economics, October 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
  3. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  4. ↑ Viegas Barros, Pedro. 2002. Fonología del Proto-Mataguayo: Las fricativas dorsales. Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sérgio Meira & Hein van der Voort (eds.), Current Studies on South American Languages [Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 3], p. 137-148. Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS).

Bibliography

  • Adelaar, Willem F. H.; & Muysken, Pieter C. (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press.
  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
  • Fabre, Alain (2005) Los Mataguayo (Online version: http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=Mataguayo.pdf)
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