Mascoian languages explained

Mascoian
Also Known As:Lengua-Mascoy, Toba
Enlhet–Enenlhet
Region:Paraguay
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Mataco–Guaicuru ?
Glotto:leng1261
Glottorefname:Lengua–Mascoy

The Mascoian languages, also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages, are a small, closely related language family of Paraguay.

Languages

The languages are:[1]

Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature, Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[2]

(= extinct)

Vocabulary

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

gloss Kilyetwaiwo Lengua Maskoy
onethãabok inskipkoé slima slima sláma sláma
twohãkãnit inkanéit kaened haenit aʔánit agaʔét
earhea-xtik iñ-altik aua-tik enet-ktek aha-ktik hartek
foothe-menik i-meníek i-menék minik he-menek
womanenkeluana kilaua kelaa kilyaná inkilána
wateryemen ilmen islmen yigmin igmen
firetatha taothla tathxa tatsla taslá
sunagmĩn akmén agmén yenmet ixim ikim
moonpithtin pielstén pelsxtén piltin pelsten
tobaccoxená inhaihak hená haéna hekena

References

Notes and References

  1. Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.http://www.enlhet.org/pdf/nne28-enlhet-enenlhet.pdf
  2. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  3. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.