Moseten–Chonan languages
{{Short description|Proposed language family}}
{{Infobox language family
| name = Mosetén–Chon
| acceptance = proposed
| region = southern South America
| familycolor = American
| fam1 = Macro-Panoan ?
| child1 = Moseten
| child2 = Chon †
| glotto = none
}}
Mosetén–Chon is a proposal linking the Mosetenan languages (actually a single language, Chimane or Tsimané) and the Chonan languages of South America. Kaufman (1990) finds the connection fairly convincing.
Numerals
The following is a table of numerals in Mosetén, Chimané, Ona, Tehuelche, Teushen, and Haush.{{Cite web |title=South Amerindian Languages |url=http://zompist.com/same.htm#waikuru |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=zompist.com}}
| class="wikitable"
! !English !one !two !three !four !five !six !seven !eight !nine !ten |
| rowspan="2" |Mosetén-Chimané
|irit |pana |chibin |tsis |cánam |ebeuñ |yevetige |quencañ |arajatec |tac |
|---|
| Mosetén
|irit |pára |chibin | | | | | | | |
| rowspan="4" |Chon
|Tehuelche † |chochieg |hʼáuke |káʼash |kague |kʼtsáen |uaenecash |aiéké |venikʼcage |yamakeitzen |kaken |
| Selkʼnam † (Ona)
|sôs |sôki |sauke |koni-sôki |kismarei |kari-koni-soki |kari-kísmarei |karikei-konisoki |kauken-kísmarei |karai-kísmarei |
| Haush †
|setaul |aim |shaucn | | | | | | | |
| Teushen †
|cheuquen |xeukay |keash |kekaguy |keytzum |wenecash |kuka |wenekekague |kekaxetzum |xaken |
References
{{reflist}}
Sources
- {{cite book
|author=Kaufman, Terrence
|author-link=Terrence Kaufman
|year=1990
|chapter=Language History in South America: What we know and how to know more
|editor=David L. Payne
|title=Amazonian Linguistics
|location=Austin
|publisher=University of Texas Press
}}
{{South American languages}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moseten-Chonan languages}}
Category:Proposed language families
Category:Indigenous languages of the Americas
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