Guaicaro language

Guaicaro (Guaïcaro) is an extinct, unclassified language of Patagonia known only from a 19-word list and personal names.

Guaicaro
Native toChile
RegionBrunswick Peninsula
Eraprimarily attested mid 19th century, but seems it may have survived well into the 20th[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologguai1246

The Guaicaro people apparently lived on the Brunswick Peninsula, bordering the Tehuelche to their northeast in around Laguna Blanca.

The Guaicaros (also rendered Guaïkaros, Guaicurúes, Huacurúes) were apparently the same people known as the Huemules (Güemules) and Supalios.[1]

Classification

It is only known from personal names and a list of 19 words elicited using gestures from the last documented speaker, a medicine man living among the Tehuelche, and published in 1896. Most of the words can be explained as Central Alacaluf or Tawókser (or both), though mer 'arm' appears to come from Chon.

Vocabulary

Word list of Guaicaro documented by Ramón Lista (1896):[2]

Spanish glossEnglish glossGuaicaro
fuegofirecharcuish
vientowindlefeskar
nubecloudarkayeta
hombremanpellieri
mujerwomanesnatun
ojoseyestêl ó téel
bocamouthasfjestail
nariznosehuicharek
cabezaheadhurkúar
perrodogshalki
pescadofishyaulchel
leñafirewoodkekásh
manohandteregua
dedofingerfol karjk
brazoarmmerr
dientesteethlefeskar
pelohairtercóf
cantarsinglektan
llorarcryetkastal

References

  1. Viegas Barros, Pedro, 2005. Voces en el viento: Raíces lingüísticas de la Patagonia, p.44. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Mondragon.
  2. Lista, Ramón (1896). Lenguas argentinas: los tehuelches de la Patagonia. ASCA, 42: 35-43.
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