Catacao language
| Catacao | |
|---|---|
| Katakao | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Piura Region |
| Ethnicity | Catacáos |
| Extinct | by 1864[1] |
Sechura–Catacao?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qrv | |
| Glottolog | cata1293 |
 Map of Catacaoan languages. Catacao is at the bottom of the yellow area. | |
Catacao (Katakao) is an extinct language of Peru.
Vocabulary
Colan and Catacao vocabulary:[2][note 1]
| English | Colan | Catacao |
|---|---|---|
| drink | kum | konekuk |
| heart | ñessini-m | ñiesiñi-čim |
| water | yup | yup |
| woman | pi-m | pi-čim |
| fire | huyur | guanararak |
| daughter | hiku-m | yku-čim kapuk |
| son | hiku-m | yku-čim |
| river | yup [water] | tuyurup |
| brother | pua-m | pua-čim |
| grass | aguakol | taguakol |
| man | yatadla-m | aszat |
| moon | nag | nam |
| eat | agua | agua-čim |
| sea | amum | amaum |
| mother | nu-m | ni-čim |
| dead | dlakati | ynata-klakatu |
| bird | yaiau | yeya |
| bone | dladlapi-ram | lalape-čen |
| rain (v.) | ñar | ñarakñakitutin |
| rain (n.) | nug | guayakinum |
| fish | llas | llas |
| branch | yabiti-ram | yabike |
| rule (v.) | čañar | čañak |
| sister | puru-m | puru-čim |
| sun | turinap | nap |
| earth | dlurum | durum |
| trunk | tuku-ram | taksikáas |
| wind | kuiat ñap | vik |
Notes
- ^ Loukotka was based in the list of the bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón: «43 voces castellanas traducidas alas ocho lenguas que hablan los indios de la costa, sierra y montañas del obispado de Trujillo del Perú, por el obispo de esta misma ciudad, baltazar Martinez de Compañón», written circa 1780.
References
- ^ Urban, Matthias (2019). "The Tallán languages". Lost languages of the Peruvian north coast. Estudios Indiana. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag. pp. 73–96. ISBN 978-3-7861-2826-7. OCLC 1090545680.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1949). "Sur quelques langues inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud". Lingua Posnaniensis (in French). 1: 53–82.