Aguano language
| Aguano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | 40 Aguano families in Santa Cruz de Huallaga[1] |
| Extinct | 16th century[1] |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aga |
| Glottolog | agua1251 |
Aguano is the
Quechua
(Wise 1987).
However, Steward (1946) notes that the Aguano had adopted Quechua soon after the Conquest and that their original language is unclassified.[3]
More recently, Campbell & Grondona (2012) leave Aguano unclassified due to lack of attestation.[4]
Names and varieties
Alternate spellings are Uguano, Aguanu, Awano; it has also been called Santa Crucino.
Mason (1950) listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper (including Seculusepa/Chilicawa and Melikine/Tivilo), Cutinana, and Maparina.[5] Schematically, these can be summarized as:
- Aguano proper
- Seculusepa (Chilicawa)
- Melikine (Tivilo)
- Cutinana
- Maparina
References
- ^ a b Aguano at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Julian Steward (1946) Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3, p. 271, 558
- ^ Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012. The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- ^ Mason, J. Alden. 1950. The languages of South America. In: Julian Steward (ed.), Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 6, 157–317. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143.) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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