Wamo–Chapakura languages
{{Short description|Proposed language family of Amazonia}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Wamo–Chapakúra
|altname=Guamo–Chapacuran
|region=western Amazon
|familycolor=American
|family=Proposed language family
|child1=Chapacuran
|child2=Guamo {{extinct}}
|glotto=none
}}
Wamo–Chapakúra is a proposed connection between the largely extinct Chapacuran language family and the otherwise unclassified language Wamo (or Guamo). Kaufman (1990) finds the connection convincing.
Vocabulary
Below is a comparison of Guamo (1778 word listAnonymous. 1928 [1778]. Traduccion de algunas voces de la lengua Guama. In Lenguas de América, 382-393. Madrid.) with Proto-Chapacuran reconstructions from Angenot (1997).Angenot, Geralda de Lima (1997). [http://www.periodicos.unir.br/index.php/linguaviva/article/view/714 Fonotática e Fonologia do Lexema Protochapacura] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205184918/https://www.periodicos.unir.br/index.php/linguaviva/article/view/714 |date=2021-02-05 }}. Dissertação do Mestrado, Universidade Federal de Rondônia. Similar forms include Proto-Chapacuran *ʔakom and Guamo cum ([kum]) 'water'.
:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Proto-Chapacuran !! Guamo |
| head
| *ʔupʷek || putí, puté |
|---|
| hair
| || scará, ascaro |
| eye
| *tok || tujua, tuaguin |
| ear
| || dupen, quiepen |
| nose
| *ʔutur || fin |
| tooth
| *ʔijat || aufê, ufé |
| tongue
| || dituâ |
| mouth
| || matá |
| hand
| *ʔum || catâne |
| foot
| *katim || catafa |
| breast
| *ʔikim || cupa |
| meat
| *ʔukun || testu |
| blood
| *ʔawik || jue, ducú |
| bone
| *ʔatat || ditancu |
| person
| *tramaʔ || daiju, dauirco |
| name
| *ʔuwit || |
| dog
| || gaurig, jaure |
| fish
| *ʔihʷam || dacuay, dupaque |
| louse
| *ʔiwʔ || |
| tree
| *ʔawan || disycu, discu |
| leaf
| *tan || estejan, tercundiscun |
| flower
| *pʷiw || quamastastajan |
| water
| *ʔakom || cum |
| fire
| *ʔitʃeː || cujue |
| stone
| *pʷikun || canjiú, dacanjue |
| earth
| *ʔomiː 'mato, terra firme' || taumchê, tansie |
| salt
| *kunʔ || tig |
| road
| *wana || |
| eat
| *kawʔ || eiquia, tuan |
| die
| *ʔimʷiʔ || tugri, jurirá |
| I
| || napi, ascaté |
| you
| *ʔawum || najâ, ascai |
References
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- {{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:Wamo-Chapakura languages}}
Category:Proposed language families
Category:Indigenous languages of the Americas
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