| Mascoian | |
|---|---|
| Lengua-Mascoy, Toba Enlhet–Enenlhet | |
| Geographic distribution | Paraguay |
| Linguistic classification | Mataco–Guaicuru ?
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | leng1261 |
The Mascoian languages, also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages, are a small, closely related language family of Paraguay.
Languages
The languages are:
- Maskoy (Toba-Maskoy)
- Enxet (Southern Lengua)
- Enlhet (Northern Lengua)
- Kaskihá (Guaná)
- Sanapaná
- Angaité
Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature, Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.
Jolkesky (2016)
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):
(† = extinct)
- Lengua-Maskoy
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
| gloss | Kaskihá | Sanapaná | Angaité | Kilyetwaiwo | Lengua | Maskoy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | thãabok | inskipkoé | slima | slima | sláma | sláma |
| two | hãkãnit | inkanéit | kaened | haenit | aʔánit | agaʔét |
| ear | hea-xtik | iñ-altik | aua-tik | enet-ktek | aha-ktik | hartek |
| foot | he-menik | i-meníek | i-menék | minik | he-menek | |
| woman | enkeluana | kilaua | kelaa | kilyaná | inkilána | |
| water | yemen | ilmen | islmen | yigmin | igmen | |
| fire | tatha | taothla | tathxa | tatsla | taslá | |
| sun | agmĩn | akmén | agmén | yenmet | ixim | ikim |
| moon | pithtin | pielstén | pelsxtén | piltin | pelsten | |
| tobacco | xená | inhaihak | hená | haéna | hekena |
References
- Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.
- Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo.
| Mataco–Guaicuru languages | |
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| Matacoan | |
| Guaicuruan | |
| Mascoian | |
| Charruan * | |
| Italics indicate extinct languages / * indicates that the inclusion of the language family within Mataco-Guaicuru family is disputed | |
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