Cazcan language

Cazcan
Cazcan
Caxcan
Native to	Mexico
Ethnicity	Caxcan
Extinct	17th century?
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Corachol? Cazcan; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	0w2
Glottolog	None

Cazcan, or Caxcan (Kaskán), was the language of the

Southern Tepehuan. There appear to have been dialectical differences between the major Caxcan valleys, and it is likely that several other languages were spoken in Caxcan territory.^[1]

Among the few words attested are cazcan "there isn't any" (the response to the first Spanish demand for food), yecotl "quemedor", aguano "war chief".[2]

References

^ Frank Gille, 1974. Encyclopedia of Indians of the Americas, volume 2
^ Robert Barlow & George Smisor, eds. (1943), Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca, Nombre de Dios, Durango: Two Documents in Náhuatl Concerning Its Foundation: Memorial of the Indians Concerning Their Services, C. 1563; Agreement of the Mexicans and Michoacanos, 1585

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[1] Frank Gille, 1974. Encyclopedia of Indians of the Americas, volume 2

[2] Robert Barlow & George Smisor, eds. (1943), Faustino Galicia Chimalpopoca, Nombre de Dios, Durango: Two Documents in Náhuatl Concerning Its Foundation: Memorial of the Indians Concerning Their Services, C. 1563; Agreement of the Mexicans and Michoacanos, 1585

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