Tequiraca–Canichana languages explained
| Tequiraca–Canichana |
| Acceptance: | controversial |
| Region: | Bolivia, Peru |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Child1: | Tequiraca |
| Child2: | Canichana |
| Glotto: | none |
Tequiraca–Canichana is a possible language family proposed in Kaufman (1994) uniting two erstwhile language isolates, Canichana of Bolivia and Tequiraca of Peru, both of which are either extinct or nearly so.[1] The proposal is not included in Campbell (2012).[2]
Vocabulary
Below is a comparison of selected basic vocabulary items in Aiwa (Tequiraca) and Canichana.
| gloss | Aiwa[3] [4] | Canichana[5] |
|---|
| head | ˈhuti | eu-cucu |
| eye | jaˈtuk | eu-tot |
| ear | ʃuˈɾala | eu-comete |
| breast | aˈkiʃ | ee-meni |
| person | aˈʔɨwa | enacu |
| tree | ˈau | ni-yiga |
| leaf | iˈɾapi | em-tixle |
| fire | asˈkʷãwa 'cooking fire' | ni-chucu |
| stone | nuˈklahi | ni-cumchi |
| earth | ahulˈtaʔ | ni-chix |
| eat | iˈtakʷas | alema |
| I | kun | oxale |
| you | kin | inahali | |
Notes and References
- Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
- Book: Campbell, Lyle . Lyle Campbell . Grondona . Verónica . Campbell . Lyle . 2012 . The Indigenous Languages of South America . Classification of the indigenous languages of South America . The World of Linguistics . 2 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 59–166 . 9783110255133.
- Michael, Lev and Christine Beier. 2012. Phonological sketch and classification of Aʔɨwa [ISO 639: ash]. Paper presented at the 2012 Winter meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), Portland, OR, January 6, 2012.
- Villarejo, Avencio. 1959. La selva y el hombre. Editorial Ausonia.
- Crevels, Mily (2012). Canichana. In: Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken (eds.) Lenguas de Bolivia, volume 2: Amazonía, 415-449. La Paz: Plural editores.
