Mataguayo–Guaicuru | |
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Macro-Waikurúan | |
(proposed) | |
Geographic distribution | South America |
Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
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Mataguayo–Guaicuru, Mataco–Guaicuru or Macro-Waikurúan is a proposed language family consisting of the Mataguayan and Guaicuruan languages. Pedro Viegas Barros claims to have demonstrated it. [1] [2] [3] These languages are spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
Jorge Suárez linked Guaicuruan and Charruan in a Waikuru-Charrúa stock. Kaufman (2007: 72) has also added Lule–Vilela and Zamucoan, [4] while Morris Swadesh proposed a Macro-Mapuche stock that included Matacoan, Guaicuruan, Charruan, and Mascoyan. Campbell (1997) has argued that those hypotheses should be further investigated, though he no longer intends to evaluate it. [5]
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arawakan, Tupian, Trumai, and Ofayé language families due to contact, pointing to an origin of Proto-Mataguayo-Guaicuruan in the Upper Paraguay River basin. [6]: 439
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016): [6]
( † = extinct)
Campbell and Grondona (2012) consider the languages to be part of a Chaco linguistic area. Common Chaco areal features include SVO word order and active-stative verb alignment. [7]
Mataguayo–Guaicuru | |
---|---|
Macro-Waikurúan | |
(proposed) | |
Geographic distribution | South America |
Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
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Mataguayo–Guaicuru, Mataco–Guaicuru or Macro-Waikurúan is a proposed language family consisting of the Mataguayan and Guaicuruan languages. Pedro Viegas Barros claims to have demonstrated it. [1] [2] [3] These languages are spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
Jorge Suárez linked Guaicuruan and Charruan in a Waikuru-Charrúa stock. Kaufman (2007: 72) has also added Lule–Vilela and Zamucoan, [4] while Morris Swadesh proposed a Macro-Mapuche stock that included Matacoan, Guaicuruan, Charruan, and Mascoyan. Campbell (1997) has argued that those hypotheses should be further investigated, though he no longer intends to evaluate it. [5]
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arawakan, Tupian, Trumai, and Ofayé language families due to contact, pointing to an origin of Proto-Mataguayo-Guaicuruan in the Upper Paraguay River basin. [6]: 439
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016): [6]
( † = extinct)
Campbell and Grondona (2012) consider the languages to be part of a Chaco linguistic area. Common Chaco areal features include SVO word order and active-stative verb alignment. [7]