| 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.
The languages are:[1]
Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature, Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[2]
(= extinct)
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[3]
| gloss | Kilyetwaiwo | Lengua | Maskoy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | thãabok | inskipkoé | slima | slima | sláma | sláma | |
| two | hãkãnit | inkanéit | kaened | haenit | aʔánit | agaʔét | |
| ear | hea-xtik | iñ-altik | aua-tik | enet-ktek | aha-ktik | hartek | |
| foot | he-menik | i-meníek | i-menék | minik | he-menek | ||
| woman | enkeluana | kilaua | kelaa | kilyaná | inkilána | ||
| water | yemen | ilmen | islmen | yigmin | igmen | ||
| fire | tatha | taothla | tathxa | tatsla | taslá | ||
| sun | agmĩn | akmén | agmén | yenmet | ixim | ikim | |
| moon | pithtin | pielstén | pelsxtén | piltin | pelsten | ||
| tobacco | xená | inhaihak | hená | haéna | hekena |