Mascoian languages

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

Mascoian
Lengua-Mascoy, Toba
Enlhet–Enenlhet
Geographic
distribution
Paraguay
Linguistic classificationMataco–Guaicuru ?
  • Mascoian
Glottologleng1261[1]

Languages

The languages are:[2]

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

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[3]

(† = extinct)

Lengua-Maskoy
  • Lengua: Enlhet; Enxet
  • Maskoy
    • Maskoy, Southern: Angaite; Sanapana
    • Maskoy, Northern: Kaskiha; Maskoy

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[4]

glossKaskiháSanapanáAngaitéKilyetwaiwoLenguaMaskoy
one thãabokinskipkoéslimaslimaslámasláma
two hãkãnitinkanéitkaenedhaenitaʔánitagaʔét
ear hea-xtikiñ-altikaua-tikenet-ktekaha-ktikhartek
foot he-meniki-meníeki-menékminikhe-menek
woman enkeluanakilauakelaakilyanáinkilána
water yemenilmenislmenyigminigmen
fire tathataothlatathxatatslataslá
sun agmĩnakménagményenmetiximikim
moon pithtinpielsténpelsxténpiltinpelsten
tobacco xenáinhaihakhenáhaénahekena
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References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lengua–Mascoy". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.
  3. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  4. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  • Alain Fabre, 2005, Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo.
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