Tiniguan languages
{{Short description|Moribund language family of Colombia}}
{{Infobox language family
| name = Tiniguan
| altname = Tiniwan, Pamiguan
| region = Colombia
| familycolor = American
| family = One of the world's primary language families
| glotto = none
| child1 = Tinigua
| child2 = Pamigua {{extinct}}
| child3 = Majigua {{extinct}} (unattested)
}}
The Tiniguan languages are two extinct and one moribund language of Colombia that form a small family.
Jolkesky (2016) also notes that there are lexical similarities with Andaqui.{{cite thesis|last=Jolkesky |first=Marcelo Pinho de Valhery |date=2016 |url=http://www.etnolinguistica.org/tese:jolkesky-2016-arqueoecolinguistica |title=Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas |type=Ph.D. dissertation |location=Brasília |publisher=University of Brasília |edition=2}}
Languages
The Tiniwan languages are:
Nothing is known about Majigua (Campbell 2012).{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Lyle |author-link=Lyle Campbell |editor1-last=Grondona |editor1-first=Verónica |editor2-last=Campbell |editor2-first=Lyle |date=2012 |title=The Indigenous Languages of South America |chapter=Classification of the indigenous languages of South America |series=The World of Linguistics |volume=2 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=59–166 |isbn=978-3-11-025513-3}} It was once spoken on the Ariari River in the Meta region of Colombia.{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}
Classification
Though data on Pamigua is extremely limited, the relationship seems to be fairly close: Tinigua manaxaí 'walk!', Pamigua menáxa 'let's go!'.
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! {{sm|gloss}} !! Tinigua !! Pamigua | ||
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| 'eye' | zəti, zuti | sete |
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| 'man' | psätseyá | piksiga |
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| 'woman' | ñíza | ništá |
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| 'water' | ñikwáiši | nikagé |
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| 'fire' | ičísa | ekisá |
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| 'dog' | šámno | šannó |
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| 'jaguar' | žíña | šiñaga |
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| 'maize' | tʸoka | šukšá |
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five' | šopa-kuáša | saksu-kuaša |
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| 'eleven' | čimatóse-kiésä | čipse ipa-kiaši |
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Tinigua and Pamigua.{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}
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! gloss !! Tinigua !! Pamigua |
one
| kiíe || chixanse |
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two
| xädzá || saxansesá |
three
| dzapéxi || sanchikanse |
head
| zyíti || blusteá |
eye
| zúti || sete |
tooth
| yóto || |
man
| xanóso || piksiga |
water
| ñinkwáshi || nikagé |
fire
| ichísa || ekisá |
sun
| níxo || |
maize
| thóka || xuxá |
jaguar
| chíña || xiñagá |
References
{{sister project |project=wiktionary |text=Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Tinigua word list}}
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