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 |