Macro-Paesan languages
| Macro-Paesan | |
|---|---|
| (dubious) | |
| Geographic distribution | northern South America |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None |
Macro-Paesan (also spelled Macro-Paezan) is a proposal linking several small families and language isolates of northwest South America. Kaufman (2007) proposes the structure at the right. Paez–Barbacoan is commonly proposed, though Curnow (1998) argued that it (or at least Paez–Coconucan) is spurious.
Kunza–Kapixana was a more provisional suggestion (Kaufman 1990, 1994, 2007; Swadesh 1959), but this connection is not widely accepted.[1][2][3] Kunza is now generally considered to be a language isolate.
Jolkesky (2015) proposes lexical evidence linking the Páez, Andaqui (Andakí), and Tinígua languages.[4] In 2017, Jolkesky argued for a connection, perhaps genetic, with the Otomanguean languages of the Pacific coast of central Mexico, especially with the Zapotecan branch, and for a possible Otomanguean substratum in a couple of families neighboring Paez.[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. South America. In: R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World’s Languages (2nd edition), 59–94. London: Routledge.
- ^ Swadesh, Morris. 1959. Mapas de clasificación lingüística de México y las Américas. (Instituto de Historia 51.) Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2015. Semejanzas léxicas entre el Páez, el Andakí y el Tinígua.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo (2017). On the South American Origins of Some Mesoamerican Civilizations. Leiden: Leiden University. Postdoctoral final report for the “MESANDLIN(G)K” project.
- Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. Atlas of the World's Languages, 2nd edition, 62–64. Routledge.
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