Atsawaka language
| Atsawaka | |
|---|---|
| Atsahuaca-Yamiaca | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Carama River |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | atc |
atc | |
| Glottolog | atsa1242 |
Atswawaka, also called Atsahuaca, or Atsawaka-Yamiaka, is an extinct
manioc
" in their own language. Alternate spellings of the name of the Atswakaka language include: Atsawaka, Atsawaca, Astahuaca, Yamiaca, Yamiaka, Atsawaka-Yamiaka, and Atsahuaca-Yamiaca.
There were 20 speakers in 1904.
Alphabet
The Atswawaka alphabet uses 24 letters commonly, and has 8 characters used for vowels.[2]
| Common character(s) | Alternate version | IPA symbol |
|---|---|---|
| a | a | |
| e | ||
| i | i | |
| u | o | ʊ ~ o |
| an | ã | ã |
| en | ẽ | ẽ |
| in | ĩ | ĩ |
| un | õ | õ |
| c | k, qu | k |
| d | r | d |
| ch | č | tʃ |
| f | ɸ ~ β | |
| h | j | h |
| m | m | |
| n | n | |
| p | p | |
| qu | k | |
| r | ɾ | |
| s | s | |
| x | sh, š | ʃ ~ ʂ |
| t | t | |
| ts | ts | |
| w | hu | w |
| y | j |
Vocabulary
- Man - t'harki
- Woman - tcinani
- Yes - ei
- No - tcama
- Tea - ita
- Tree - isthehowa
References
- ^ Atsawaka at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ "Atsahuaca Pronunciation and Spelling Guide". www.native-languages.org/. Native Languages of the Americas website. 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Farabee, William Curtis (1922). Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Museum. pp. 162.
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