Anauyá language

Anauyá
Native toVenezuela
RegionAmazonas
Extinct(date missing)
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qjb
Glottologanau1243

Anauyá is an extinct, poorly attested and unclassified Arawakan language of Venezuela, originally spoken on the Castaña River in Amazonas.[2] Its only documentation comes from a 1928 book.[3]

Classification

Kaufman (1994) placed it in his Wainumá branch,[4] but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).[5] It is classified as a member of the Río Negro group by Ramirez and França (2019).[6]

Vocabulary

Anauyá vocabulary[2]
gloss Anauyá gloss Anauyá
hand nun-kapi my plantation nun-kaniká-sirra
eye nun-hinihahy my house nun-hána
head nun-húida your house hi-ána
hair nun-huíssihin canoe ide
ear nun-tašihin oar šanahurri
nose nun-hírri people ase
mouth nun-uma stone yahôko
tongue na-nene wood ada
leg nun-sarrái cotton kanarisi
thigh nun-hônin thread kanari
foot nú-niti knife harrohorri
knee nun-édorro axe čífara
arm nun-kano banana parána
bone nun-korokorô-ni pot orîso
neck nun-orri fish undrrimani
beard nun-sanuma jaguar šaáui
tooth ná-ida tapir šurauirri
eyebrows nau-itâme wild pig aíša
eyelashes nau-isêrri sheep uahika
rain yánaui 1 ahiari
dog onimináu 2 mahôrene
house ahirri 3 marahurraka
mountain hadásí 4 arrimâhi
river uni 5 akayuhaka
water green woodpecker serrierri
fire ríkárri chili pepper atido
tobacco sierro woman inanaí
red mitsai boy yanênaui
manioc kamikási old person koinašôa

References

  1. ^ Bradley, David; Campbell, Lyle; Comrie, Bernard; Goddard, Ives; Golla, Victor; Irvine, Arthur; Kaufman, Terrence; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan; Mithun, Marianne (2007), Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (2nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1, retrieved 2025-01-01
  2. ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1963). "Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes sud-américains". Journal de la société des américanistes. 52 (1): 7–60. doi:10.3406/jsa.1963.2001.
  3. ^ Cerqueira, Dionísio (1928). Reminiscencias da fronteira, com prefacio e onze retratos. Rio de Janeiro: F. Briguiet & cia.
  4. ^ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, R. E.; Tait, Mary (1994), Atlas of the world's languages, London ; New York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5
  5. ^ Dixon, Robert M. W.; Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡, eds. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.
  6. ^ Ramirez, Henri; França, Maria Cristina Victorino de (2019-09-23). "Línguas Arawak da Bolívia". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas. 19: e019012. doi:10.20396/liames.v19i0.8655045. ISSN 2177-7160.