Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin
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The Marañón River basin, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested or not attested at all. Those of the middle reaches of the river, above the Amazon basin, were replaced in historical times by Aguaruna, a Jivaroan language from the Amazon which is still spoken there. The languages further upriver are difficult to identify, due to lack of data. The region was multilingual at the time of the Conquest, and the people largely switched to Spanish rather than to Quechua, though Quechua also expanded during Colonial times.
In Ecuador, at the province of Loja, were Palta, Malacato, Rabona, Bolona, and Xiroa. Historical sources suggest these were closely related, and there is some evidence that Palta (see) was a Jivaroan language. The name Xiroa may be a variant of Jivaro. Rabona is attested by a few words, some of which seem to be Jivaroan, but others of which appear to be Candoshí; since these are plant names, they say little about the classification of the language, and Adelaar (2004:397) leaves it unclassified. Bolona is essentially unattested.
North of the basin were Puruhá (scarcely attested), Cañar (known primarily from characteristic place names), Panzaleo (sometimes classified as Paezan), Caranqui (until the 18th century, seemingly Barbacoan), and Pasto (Barbacoan). Apart possibly from Panzaleo, these languages have elements in common, such as a final syllable -pud and onsets mwe-, pwe-, bwe-. Those suggest that they may have been related, and possibly were all Barbacoan. Adelaar (2004:397) finds this more likely than a proposal that Puruhá and Cañar were Chimuan languages (see).
In Peru, and further up in the Andes there were also numerous languages. Apart from Mochica and Cholón, the languages of northern Peru are largely unrecorded; the attested Marañón languages are Patagón (Patagón de Perico), Bagua (Patagón de Bagua), Chacha (Chachapoya), Copallén, Tabancale (Aconipa), Chirino, and Sácata (Chillao).
Patagón
[edit]Bagua
[edit]Chacha
[edit]Copallén
[edit]| Copallén | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Marañón River basin |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified (Cholon?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | copa1238 |
Four words are attested from Capallén (Copallín): quiet [kjet] 'water', chumac 'maize', olaman 'firewood', ismare 'house'. The word for water resembles the toponymic element -cat, posited to be an otherwise unknown language of the region. However, this is insufficient to identify Copallén as a Cholónan language.[1] It was spoken in villages of Llanque, Las Lomas, and Copallen, department of Cajamarca.[2]
Tabancale
[edit]| Tabancale | |
|---|---|
| Aconipa, Tabancal | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Marañón River basin |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified (isolate?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | taba1269 |
Five words of Tabancale (Tabancal, Aconipa) are recorded: yema 'water', moa 'maize', oyme 'firewood', lalaque [lalake] 'fire', tie 'house'. These do not correspond to any known language or family, so Tabancale is unclassified and potentially a language isolate. It was spoken in Aconipa, department of Cajamarca.[2]
Chirino
[edit]| Chirino | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Marañón River basin |
| Ethnicity | Chirino |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Candoshian ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
The Chirino were one of the principal peoples of the area. Based on the four words which were recorded, yungo 'water', yugato 'maize', xumás 'firewood', paxquiro [paʃˈkiɾo] 'grass', their language would appear to be related to Candoshi (Torero 1993, Adelaar 2004:406).
Sácata
[edit]Three words of the language of Sácata (Zácata), apparently that of the Chillao people, are recorded: unga 'water', umague [umaɡe] 'maize', chichache 'fire'. Connections have been suggested with Candoshí (the word for water is similar to that of Chinino) and Arawakan, but the evidence is insufficient.[3]
Rabona
[edit]| Rabona | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador |
| Ethnicity | Rabona |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Candoshi ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Rabona, formerly spoken in the district of Santiago de las Montañas in Ecuador, is poorly attested.[4] Based on limited evidence, predominantly plant names,[5] many sources have grouped Rabona with Candoshi-Shapra.[6]
Vocabulary
[edit]The following is a vocabulary table for Patagón, Bagua, Chacha, Copallén, Tabancale, Chirino, and Sácata combined from data given in the sections above:
| water | maize | firewood | fire | house | sheep | grass | come here | puma, bear | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patagón | tuná | anás | viue | coará | |||||
| Bagua | tuna | lancho | nacxé | ||||||
| Chacha | -gach(e), -gat(e), -gote (?) | oc, occ [ox] | |||||||
| Copallén | quiet [kjet] | chumac | olaman | ismare | |||||
| Tabancale | yema | moa | oyme | lalaque [lalake] | tie | ||||
| Chirino | yungo | yugato | xumás | paxquiro [paʃˈkiɾo] | |||||
| Sácata | unga | umague [umaɡe] | chichache |
See also
[edit]- List of unclassified languages of South America
- List of extinct languages of South America
- List of indigenous languages of South America
- Classification of indigenous languages of the Americas
- Omurano language
- -den language
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Copallen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sacata". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Jijón y Caamaño, Jacinto (1919). Contribución al conocimiento de las lenguas indígenas que se hablaron en el Ecuador interandino y occidental con anterioridad a la conquista española: ensayo provisional. Quito, Ecuador.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Spain. Ministerio de Fomento. n 81009758; Jiménez de la Espada, Marcos (1881). Relaciones geográficas de Indias : Perú. Wellcome Library. Madrid : Manuel de G. Hernández.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.
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References
[edit]- Adelaar, Willem F. H.; & Muysken, Pieter C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.
- Jiménez de la Espada, Marcos (1965) [1881–1887]. Relaciones geográficas de Indias: Perú. Madrid.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Loukotka, Čestmír. (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages, ed. Wilbert, Johannes. Los Angeles: University of California (UCLA), Latin American Center.
- Rivet, Paul. (1934). "Population de la province de Jaén. Equateur." In Congrès international des sciences anthropologiques et ethnologiques: compte-rendu de la première session, pp. 245–7. London: Royal Institute of Anthropology.
- Taylor, Anne Christine. (1999). "The Western Margins of Amazonia from the Early Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century". In Salomon and Schwartz. (1999). The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of South America, part 2, pp. 188–256.. Cambridge University Press,
- Torero Fernández de Córdova, Alfredo A. (1993). "Lenguas del nororiente peruano: la hoya de Jaén en el siglo XVI", Revista Andina 11, 2, pp. 447–72. Cuzco: Centro Bartolomé de Las Casas.