Mascoian

Mascoian languages

Mascoian languages

Language family of Paraguay

The Mascoian languages, also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages, are a small, closely related language family of Paraguay.

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Languages

The languages are:[1]

Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature, Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[2]

(† = extinct)

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.
  2. [2]
    Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  3. [3]
    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.
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