Catacao language

Extinct language of Peru
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Catacao
Native toPeru
RegionPiura Region
Extinct(date missing)
Language family
Sechura–Catacao?
  • Catacaoan
    • Catacao
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
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Map of Catacaoan languages. Catacao is at the bottom of the yellow area.

Catacao (Katakao) is an extinct language of Peru.

Vocabulary

Colan and Catacao vocabulary:[1][note 1]

English Colan Catacao
drink kum konekuk
heart ñessini-m ñiesiñi-čim
water yup yup
woman pi-m pi-čim
fire huyur guanararak
daughter hiku-m yku-čim kapuk
son hiku-m yku-čim
river yup [water] tuyurup
brother pua-m pua-čim
grass aguakol taguakol
man yatadla-m aszat
moon nag nam
eat agua agua-čim
sea amum amaum
mother nu-m ni-čim
dead dlakati ynata-klakatu
bird yaiau yeya
bone dladlapi-ram lalape-čen
rain (v.) ñar ñarakñakitutin
rain (n.) nug guayakinum
fish llas llas
branch yabiti-ram yabike
rule (v.) čañar čañak
sister puru-m puru-čim
sun turinap nap
earth dlurum durum
trunk tuku-ram taksikáas
wind kuiat ñap vik

Notes

  1. ^ Loukotka was based in the list of the bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón: «43 voces castellanas traducidas alas ocho lenguas que hablan los indios de la costa, sierra y montañas del obispado de Trujillo del Perú, por el obispo de esta misma ciudad, baltazar Martinez de Compañón», written circa 1780.

References

  1. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1949). "Sur quelques langues inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud". Lingua Posnaniensis (in French). 1: 53–82.
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