Catacaoan | |
Familycolor: | American |
Child1: | Catacao |
Child2: | Colan |
Child3: | Chira |
Glotto: | tall1235 |
Glottorefname: | Tallán |
Map: | Catacao.svg |
Mapcaption: | Location of the Catacaoan languages within Piura Region |
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]
In Glottolog, the two attested languages, Catacao and Colán, are subsumed into the extinct Tallán language as dialects.
English | Colan | Catacao | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Loukota compares Catacaoan to the Culle language and the Sechura language but does not make any claims about genetic relatedness.[2]