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| Geographic distribution | Piura Region, Peru |
| Linguistic classification | Sechura-Catacao
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The Catacaoan languages are an extinct family of three languages spoken in the Piura Region of Peru. The three languages in the family are[1]:
- Catacao or Katakao, once spoken around the city of Catacaos
- Colan or Kolan, once spoken between the Piura and Chira Rivers
- Chira or Lachira or Tangarará, once spoken along the Chira river. It is unattested.
Vocabulary Comparison
| English | Colan | Catacao |
|---|---|---|
| drink | kum | konekuk |
| heart | ñessinim | ñiesiñičim |
| water | yup | yup |
| woman | pim | pičim |
| fire | huyur | guanararak |
| daughter | hikum | ykučim kapuk |
| son | hikum | ykučim |
| river | yup | tuyurup |
| brother | puam | puačim |
| grass | aguakol | taguakol |
| man | yatadlam | aszat |
| moon | nag | nam |
| eat | agua | aguačim |
| sea | amum | amaum |
| mother | num | ničim |
| dead | dlakati | ynataklakatu |
| bird | yaiau | yeya |
| bone | dladlapiram | lalapečen |
| rain (v.) | ñar | ñarakñakitutin |
| rain (n.) | nug | guayakinum |
| fish | llas | llas |
| branch | yabitiram | yabike |
| rule (v.) | čañar | čañak |
| sister | purum | puručim |
| sun | turinap | nap |
| earth | dlurum | durum |
| trunk | tukuram | taksikáas |
| wind | kuiat ñap | vik |
Genetic relations
Loukota compares Catacaoan to the Culle language and the Sechura language but does not make any claims about genetic relatedness[2]. Greenberg and Ruhlen place the Catacaoan languages in the Northern Branch of the Andean stock, which, in turn, is part of the Amerind proposal. Other languages in the Northern Branch are the Hibito-Cholon languages, the Culle language, the Leco language and the Sechura language[3].
References
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír. "Sur quelques langues inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud". Lingua Posnaniensis (in French). 1: 53–82.
- ^ Greenberg, Joseph; Ruhlen, Merritt (2007-09-04), An Amerind Etymological Dictionary (pdf) (12 ed.), Stanford: Dept. of Anthropological Sciences Stanford University, retrieved 2008-06-27