Sechura–Catacao languages

Sechura–Catacao is a proposed connection between the small Catacaoan language family of Peru and the language isolate Sechura (Sek). The languages are extremely poorly known, but Kaufman (1990) finds the connection convincing, Campbell (2012) persuasive.[2]

Sechura–Catacao
Geographic
distribution
Peru
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
Glottolog(not evaluated)
Distribution of Sechura and Catacaoan in the Piura region.

External relationships

Kaufman (1994: 64) groups Leco and Sechura–Catacao together as part of a proposed Macro-Lecoan family.[1]

Tovar (1961),[3] partly based on Schmidt (1926),[4] classifies Sechura–Catacao together with the Chimuan languages in his Yunga–Puruhá family.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[5]

glossSechuraCatacaoColan
man reklaaszatyatadlam
water xotoyupyúp
fire morotguanararakhayur
sun yóronapturi nap
moon ñangrunamnag
bird yaibabyeyayaiau
fish xumal'asl'as
head te-uma
foot lava

Comparative word list of Sechura, Colan, and Catacao from Loukotka (1949):[6]

Notes
  • (Sp.) = Spanish loanword (excluded)
Sources used by Loukotka (1949)
  • Sechura: Buchwald (1919)[7]
  • Manuscript by Martínez Compañón from the 1700s
French gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
SechuraKolanKatakao
animalanimalanimblà(Sp.)(Sp.)
arbretreenusuču(Sp.)čiguasam
boiredrinktutukkumkonekuk
cielskykučuk yorkutuk nap(Sp.)
cœurheartčusiupunmañessinimñiesiñičim
corpsbodykuerpokči(Sp.)(Sp.)
douleurpainpunukmasikmasik
eauwatertutúyupyup
étoilesstarsčúpčúpčupučup(Sp.)
femmewomankuktumpimpičim
feufiremorothuyurguanararak
filledaughterñosñihikumykučim kapuk
filssonñosñihikumykučim
fleurflowerflorak(Sp.)alhuaka
fleuverivertuxutyupturuyup
frèrebrothersikanñipuampuačim
fruitfruit(Sp.)(Sp.)(Sp.)
gaihappyotmukčagasiñ(Sp.)
herbegrassunñiókólaguakoltaguakol
hommemansukdayatadlamaszat
lunemoonñangrunagnam
mangereatunukaguaaguačim
mersearoroamumamaum
mèremotherñiñanunničim
mortdeadlaktuknodlakatiynataklakatu
oiseaubirdyaibabyaiauyeya
ondeswaveskaphllamas(Sp.)
osboneruñodladlapiramlalapečen
pèrefatherxačimam(Sp.)
pleurercrynikñarñarakñakitutin
pluierainpurirnugguayakinum
poissonfishxumllasllas
rameaubranch(Sp.)yabitiramyabike
régnerreignbusukčañarčañak
sœursisterbapueñipurumpuručim
soleilsunyóroturinapnap
terreearthloktdlurumdurum
tronctrunkfukútukuramtaksikás
ventwindfikkuiat ñapvik
viandemeatkolt(Sp.)kkol

References

  1. Kaufman, Terrence. 1994. The native languages of South America. In: Christopher Moseley and R. E. Asher (eds.), Atlas of the World’s Languages, 59–93. London: Routledge.
  2. Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
  3. Tovar, Antonio (1961). Catálogo de las lenguas de América del Sur, pp. 162-165. Buenos Aires.
  4. Schmidt, Wilhelm (1926). Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde, p. 214. Heidelberg.
  5. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  6. Loukotka, Čestmír. 1949. Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amerique du Sud. Lingua Posnaniensis I: 53-82.
  7. Buchwald, Otto von. 1919. Migraciones sudamericanas. Boletín de la sociedad ecuatoriana de estudios historicos, vol 1, pp. 227-239. Quito.
  • Kaufman, Terrence (1990). "Language History in South America: What we know and how to know more". In David L. Payne (ed.). Amazonian Linguistics. Austin: University of Texas Press.
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