Patagón language (Peru)
| Patagón | |
|---|---|
| Patagón de Perico | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Marañón River basin |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | pata1255 |
Patagón (Patagón de Perico, not to be confused with the Chonan languages of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia) is an extinct language formerly spoken in the Marañón River basin in Peru. It is known from only four words.
Vocabulary
Four words are recorded, tuná 'water', anás 'maize', viue 'firewood', coará 'sheep' (evidently the word for 'sloth'). These suggest that Patagón was one of the Cariban languages, particularly close to Carijona,[1] and therefore, like the Jivaroan (Chicham) language Aguaruna, from the Amazon.[2]
Comparison
A comparison of the four words above with Carijona equivalents is given below.[3][4]
| gloss | Patagón | Carijona |
|---|---|---|
| water | tuná | tuna 'river' |
| maize | anás | anádʒi |
| sheep/sloth | coará | uarékore 'sloth' |
| firewood | viue | wewé |
See also
References
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-09-22
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) - ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 405–406. ISBN 978-0-511-48685-2.
- ^ https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server/api/core/bitstreams/60a408a1-c56a-4cc3-b9a6-3857a20a73c8/content
- ^ https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Ameira-1998/meira_1998_proto-taranoan.PDF