Harákmbut–Katukinan languages

Harákmbut–Katukinan is a proposal linking the South American indigenous language families Harákmbut and Katukinan. There is reasonably good evidence that the two are related.[1] Jolkesky (2011) also adds Arawan to the family.[2]

Harákmbut–Katukinan
Geographic
distribution
Peru, Brazil
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

Family division

Jolkesky (2011) concludes Arawan is closer to Harákmbut than to Katukinan.[2]

Internal branching of the Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet family according to Jolkesky (2011):[2]

Katukína

Arawá

Harakmbet

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Arawakan languages due to contact.[3]

Vocabulary

The following table from Adelaar (2000) lists lexical cognates between Kanamari and Harákmbut:[4]

no.Spanish gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
KanamaríHarakmbut
1casahousehakhák
2dientetoothi-id
3piefooti-iʔ
4nariznoseo(h) pak-õh
5cabezaheadki-kɨ
6ríoriverwa(h)-wɛ̃ʰ
7huevoeggtakarapupo 'objeto redondo (round object)'
8lenguatonguenokonõʔ
9manohandba-ᵐba
10hojaleafhakba, tarobaeʔᵐba
11estómagostomachmawa-mẽʔ 'hígado (liver)'
12ojoeyeiko-kpo
13sangrebloodmimimĩmĩ
14barrigabellymin-mĩn 'intestino (intestines)'
15brazoarmpanwa-ᵐbaʔagᵑ 'omóplato (shoulderbone)'
16jaguarjaguarpida(h)apetpet
17nombrenamewadik-ⁿdik
18dentro, eninside, innakiwa-ẽk 'barriga (belly)'
19yucayuccatawa 'yuca (variedad dulce) (sweet variety of yuca)'táᵊre
20campo cultivadocultivated fieldbao(h)[taʔ]ᵐba
21negroblacktiksik-ⁿda
22caminoroaddanⁿagᵑ
23nuevonew(a)boawa-ᵐbo-ⁿda
24palo, árbolstick, treeo(h)manwẽⁱmẽⁱ
25carnemeatbarahaiáiʔ 'hueso (bone)'; -hẽn 'carne (meat)'
26comereatpupe
27venircomedakdyie-tʃiak
28defecardefecatedoknaⁿdoʔ
29llegar; irarrive; gowaokdyi 'llegar'waʔ 'ir'
30leñafirewoodi(h)taɨtaʔ
31tobilloankleitakonitak-pi 'espinilla (shin)' (Huachipairi)
32nubecloudkodo'omikurudⁿ
33cieloskykodohkɨ'rɨdⁿ
34viejo; finadoold; deadkidak 'ser viejo (be old)'kʉuⁿdak 'finado (dead)'
35quebrar, romperbreakkurukketek
36venadodeerba(h)tyiᵐbáwiʰ
37cargarloadikyʉuk
38pielskindak-síⁿdak
39animalanimalbara 'caza, animal (game, animal)'aᵐbʉuredⁿ
40hermanobrotheraponpiapogᵑ 'hermano mayor de la mujer (elder brother of wife)'
41padrefatherpamaáːpagᵑ
42madremothernyamanáŋʔ
43cabellohairpoi-wih 'vello (body hair)'
44cuerpobodyboroᵐboroʔ 'grande (big)'
45soplarblowpo(h)po(h)[man]po
46dormirsleepkitantáⁱʔ
47niñoboyopu 'hijo; pequeño (son; small)'wa-ʂí-po
48humosmokeomioʔsĩwĩ
49hamacahammockhomohoroʔɛʔ
50volverreturnkinhinakorʉudⁿ
51lluviarainhinówiʔ
52hermana (vocativo)sister (vocative)miyomĩŋʔ
53testículostesticlespada konwãⁿda 'fruita redonda u oblonga (round or oblong fruit)'

For a list of cognates sets by Jolkesky (2011),[2] see the corresponding Portuguese article.

References

  1. Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (2012). The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter. p. 91. ISBN 9783110258035.
  2. Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2011. Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet: correspondências fonológicas, morfológicas e lexicais. Encontro Internacional: Arqueologia e Linguística Histórica das Línguas Indígenas Sul-Americanas Brasília, 24 a 28 de outubro de 2011.
  3. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
  4. Adelaar, Willem F. H. 2000. Propuesta de un nuevo vínculo genético entre dos grupos lingüísticos indígenas de la Amazonía occidental: Harakmbut y Katukina. In Luis Miranda Esquerre (ed.), Actas del I Congreso de Lenguas Indígenas de Sudamérica, 219-236. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, Facultad de Lenguas Modernas, Departamento Académico de Humanidades.
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