Andaqui language
| Andaqui | |
|---|---|
| Jirara | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | southern highlands |
| Ethnicity | Andaqui people |
| Extinct | by the 1970s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ana |
| Glottolog | anda1286 |
Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of Colombia. It has been linked to the Paezan or Barbacoan languages, but no connections have been demonstrated. It was spoken by the Andaqui people of Colombia.
Language contact[edit]
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Paez, Chibcha (also proposed by Rivet 1924[2]), and Tinigua-Pamigua due to contact.[3]
Varieties[edit]
Other unattested varieties possibly related to Andaqui that are listed by Loukotka (1968):[4]
- Timaná - once spoken on the Magdalena River and Guarapas River around the city of Timaná.
- Yalcon / Cambi - once spoken between the Magdalena River and La Plata River.
Vocabulary[edit]
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[4]
gloss Andaquí one guhigo two nashihishe ear sun-guaxo tongue shonaé hand sakaá foot soguapaná water xixi stone guatihi maize kike fish nengihi house kogo
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Coronas Urzúa, G. (1994). Análisis Fonológico de la lengua Andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
- Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.
References[edit]
- ^ Andaqui at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Rivet, Paul. 1924. La langue Andakí. Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 16:99-110.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
- ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
External links[edit]
Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Andaqui word list
For a list of words relating to Andaqui language, see the Andaqui language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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