Arawan languages

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Arawán
Arauán
Geographic
distribution
Brazil and Peru
Linguistic classificationHarákmbut–Katukinan ?
Macro-Arawakan ?
  • Arawán
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-5auf
Glottologaraw1282

Arawan (also Arahuan, Arauan, Arawán, Arawa, Arauán) is a family of languages spoken in western

Ucayali
).

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the

Puinave-Kak, and Tupi language families due to contact.[1]

Family division

Arauan consists of half a dozen languages:

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[1]

( = extinct)

  • Arawa
    • Suruwaha
    • Madi-Deni-Paumari
      • Paumari
      • Deni, Kulina
      • Madi-Arawa
        • Arawa
        • Madi
          • Banawa
          • Jamamadi
          • Jarawara

Dienst (2010)

Internal classification by Dienst (2010):[2]

  • Arawan
    • Arawa
    • Paumari
    • Suruwahá
    • Madi-Madihá
      • Madi
        • Eastern
          Jamamadi
        • Banawá
        • Jarawara
      • Madihá

Mason (1950)

Arauá internal classification by Mason (1950):[3]

  • Arauá
    • Arauá
    • Culino
      • Culina
      • Curia
      • Curiana
      • Culiña
    • Pama
      • Pama
      • Pamana
    • Yamamadí
      • Yamamadí: Capaná, Capinamari, Colo
      • Purupurú: Paumarí (Pammarí)
      • Yuberi
    • Madihá
    • Sewacu
    • Sipó

Other varieties

Unattested varieties listed by Loukotka (1968):[7]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[7]

gloss Arauá Yamamadi Paumari Curina Madiha
one warihí itarini huarani ahã ahã
two fanihi mushamu faumini pamawi
three arisafaha uharini harabakudzeki nawi
head ä-tati dadií tazi-ama i-tati
eye ä-narobõ murubui eribu waribu
hand u-safá ä-dzäfä dzẽi iyepe zepe
water pahá pãhã pãhá patsu patsu
fire sihú yefu sidzyú dipu zipu
sun mahí mahi kasiri maxi maxi
maize kemi yoruá tapá tapa
tapir awí aui dama auhi awi
house zamí huda gurã uza uáza

Proto-language

Below are selected Proto-Arawá (Proto-Arawan) reconstructions of flora and fauna names by Dixon (2004):[8]

Flora

Proto-Arawá English gloss Portuguese gloss
*biha yam sp.
carai
*boba palm sp. paxiúba
*bodi fruit sp.
bacuri
*'boko tree sp. imbaúba
*doni
tonka bean
cumaru
*hawa
patauá
palm
patauá
*imi ingá (tree and edible fruit) ingá
*jani palm sp.
paxiubinha
*jawana palm sp.
murumuru
*jawida
peach palm
*kahami palm sp.
urucuri
*majo tree sp.
pajurá
*nabohi palm sp. paxiúba-barriguda
*ora
genipap
jenipapo
*para'i
assai palm
*sanaro
passion fruit
maracujá
*tamajara
matamatá tree, envira
tree
matamatá, envira
*tamino jackfruit tree
*waishowa several trees of genus Lucuma abiurana
*wasina, *wasini kapok ceibe tree samaúma, Ceiba pentandra
*wekhe'i
rubber tree
Hevea brasiliensis
*xidepe tree sp.; red paint made from fruit

Fauna

Mammals

Proto-Arawá English gloss Portuguese gloss
*gapha woolly monkey
*hijama white-lipped peccary
*hojawa giant anteater
*ja'o sloth sp.
*jajiko howler monkey
*jotomi coati quati
*jowi(hi) capuchin monkey
*kawina howler monkey
*kiriwe three-toed sloth
*kishi- armadillo tatu
*kiso capuchin monkey
*kosikosi kinkajou, night monkey jupará
*mase bat
*modo anteater
tamanduá
*mowi night monkey
*pishi squirrel monkey; marmoset (small monkey)
Saimiri sciureus
*shawa(ri) weasel sp. irara
*shinama agouti cutia
*tamakori monkey sp.
Pithecia monachus

Birds

Proto-Arawá English gloss Portuguese gloss
*ama'ahawa socó heron socó
*amasawari socozinho heron socozinho
*dapo guan (bird sp.)
*DiroDiro kingfisher
*hiriti motmot bird
*jakhi toucan (Ramphastos)
*kamowa dove sp. juriti, rolinha
*kawashiro oriole
*komi trogon (bird sp.)
*khere kingfisher ariramba
*okoko pigeon, dove sp. juriti
*shabiria
eagle-hawk
Harpia harpyja
*tano pied-crested oropendola (type of oriole) japu
*tawikhoro(ro) black-fronted nunbird bico-de-brasa
*tobejaro, *tobejero) nighthawk bacurau
*wara- chachalaca (bird)
aracuã

Fish

Proto-Arawá English gloss Portuguese gloss
*aba majaro arowana (fish sp.) aruanã
*'awida piau sp. (fish) piau
*bahama surubim (large fish) surubim
*basani pacu (fish sp.) pacu
*bidama catfish sp. mandi
*dawi big leaf calathea (fish sp.)
*kosop(h)a
tucunaré
(fish sp.)
tucunaré
*khorobo fish sp. jeju?
*moro fish sp. (cangati sp.; large catfish)
Paulicea luetkeni
*otawi cará (fish sp.) cará
*siraba fish sp. cangati, cará, acará
*shako lungfish traíra

Other animals

Proto-Arawá English gloss Portuguese gloss
*kowasa tortoise
*shire turtle tartaruga
*bitha large mosquito carapanã
*'Diriri cicada
*jimo, *jomo ant sp.
tocandira
*karajati biting fly mutuca
*waharo large mosquito carapanã

Bibliography

Lexicons
  • Chapman, Sh.; Salzer, M. (1998). Dicionário bilíngue nas línguas paumarí e portuguesa. Porto Velho: Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística.
  • Koop, G.; Koop, L. (1985). Dicionário Dení Português (com introdução gramatical). Porto Velho: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  • Ssila, A. O.; Monserrat, R. M. F. (1984). Dicionário kulina-português e português-kulina (dialeto do Igarapé do Anjo). Acre: Conselho Indigenista Missionário.
  • Suzuki, M. (2002). Dicionário suruwahá-português and vocabulário português- suruwahá. Hawaii: University of the Nations.
  • Vogel, A. R. (2005). Dicionário Jarawara - Português. Cuiabá: SIL.

References

  1. ^ a b Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  2. ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
  3. ^ "Himarimã". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. ^ "Isolated Indians". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  5. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  6. ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  7. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. 2004. Proto-Arawá Phonology. Anthropological Linguistics 46: 1-83.