Hibito–Cholón
Cholónan
(tentative)
Geographic
distribution
Peru
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
Glottologhibi1242

The extinct Hibito–Cholón or Cholónan languages form a proposed language family that links two languages of Peru, Hibito and Cholón, extinct as of 2000. They may also be related to the extinct Culle language, and perhaps to the language of the Chachapoya, but the data for all of these languages is poor.

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kechua, Leko, Mapudungun, Mochika, Kandoshi, Muniche, and Barbakoa language families due to contact.[1]

Lexicon

Several basic Hibito and Cholon words appear to be related, though the data on both languages is poor. The following examples are given in the ad hoc orthography of the three sources we have on these languages:

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Cholón mech / meš cot / quõt / köta ñu / -ñu pul / -pul
Hibito mixs / mitš cachi / otšj ñoo pool

Comparative word list of Hibito and Cholon from Loukotka (1949):[2]

Notes
  • (Sp.) = Spanish loanword (excluded)
Sources used by Loukotka (1949) — Hibito
  • Manuscript by Martínez Compañón from the 1700s
  • Tessmann (1930)[3]
Sources Loukotka (1949) — Cholon
  • Mata (1748)[4]
  • Tessmann (1930)[3]
French gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
HibitoCholoncomparisons
animalanimal(Sp.)(Sp.)
arbretreemixsmees-ñgup
boiredrinkvviknig
cielskypuxamsenta
cœurheartthuo-suikaluñač
dieuGoddiosču(Sp.)
douleurpainkalakysiam
eauwaterkačikotTessmann: oč, köta
étoilesstarskuičaske-nak
femmewomanetlekylaTessmann: udú, hilá
feufireukčevetTessmann: olmó, utmo
filledaughternooañu
filssonpoolapul
fleurflowerčukčumñuñap
fleuveriversekllutkačikot-ysokot
frèrebrothermoskaáazotKatakao: aszat = homme
fruitfruitllagnakeniya
gaihappymusugvemaugilubaktam
herbegrasskiakpullo
hommemannuumnumTessmann: núm, lúno
lunemoonkuinápeelTessmann: winžö, pel
mangereatlopkemamok
mersealapomkačisokotlol
mèremotherkeekappan
mortdeadhuankmikol
mourirdiekalgeskamñgoli-čo
oiseaubirdkumkočizuksill
ondeswavesomiumypixsimam
pèrefatherkotkappa
pleurercryatzakkemyo-yam
pluierainlaamčusllisiak
poissonfishkazopasua
rameaubranchmixnulpučup
régnerreignkollamčasam
sœursistermoskaáakiñiu
soleilsunñimmusakTessmann: nim, mušápo
terreearthkaločlluspey
tronctrunksangočsangoč
ventwindkoktommam
viandemeatamaáčep

References

  1. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír. 1949. Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amerique du Sud. Lingua Posnaniensis I: 53-82.
  3. 1 2 Tessmann, Günter. 1930. Die Indianer Nordost-Perus: grundlegende Forschungen für eine systematische Kulturkunde. Hamburg: Friederichsen, de Gruyter.
  4. Mata, Fr. Pedro de la. 1748. Arte de la lengua Cholona. Trujillo. Manuscript held at the British Museum in London. (Republished in Inca (1923), vol. 1, pp. 690-750. Lima.)
  • Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: CHOLÓN
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