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, zutisete
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| 'man'

psätseyápiksiga
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| 'woman'

ñízaništá
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| 'water'

ñikwáišinikagé
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| 'fire'

ičísaekisá
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| 'dog'

šámnošannó
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| 'jaguar'

žíñašiñaga
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| 'maize'

tʸokašukšá
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five'šopa-kuášasaksu-kuaša
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| 'eleven'

čimatóse-kiésäčipse 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

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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