Macro-Warpean
(controversial)
Geographic
distribution
South America
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected Muran and Matanawí (Mura–Matanawí).[1] Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his Macro-Jibaro proposal.[2]

Language contact

For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kwaza, Taruma, Katukina-Katawixi, Arawak, Jeoromitxi, Tupi, and Arawa language families due to contact.[3]

Comparison

Comparison of basic vocabulary in Matanawí and Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves (2019: 86),[4] with data of both languages cited from Curt Nimuendajú (1925):[5]

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
MatanawíMura-Pirahã
línguatongueihuzɨipopaj
lábiolipɲaruzɨohᴐapipaj
orelhaearatahuzɨapopaj
cabelohairapa zi jaaapapataj
coxathigharitʊzɨ, aritᴐziakuapaj
bocamouthɲaru zɨkaopaj
dentetootharɨzɨatopaj
nariznosenatuziitopaj
olhoeyetuʃijikupaj
braçoarmapijiatoewe
mãohandũsu zɨupaj
unha da mãofingernailũsuzɨhᴐupapaj
pernalegaturazɨipopaj
footiʃijɨapaj
águawaterapɨpe
fogofireuawai
chuvarainapɨpe
luamoonkakahaiai
terraearthwɨsabege
pedrastoneajaaapuuj
solsunviːwese
casahousepiataj
redenetapiapiʃara
flechaarrowawɨapoahaj
pentecombparataisowe
esteiramatkɨnũpahoese
panelapanwatawaaj
paus para produzir fogosticks for starting fireɨie
melhoneyʦɨzaahaj
milhomaizeiwaritihuahaj
mandiocamaniociʃehe
tabacotobaccoɨsəkiiʧehe

References

  1. Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
  2. Payne, David Lawrence. 1981. "Bosquejo fonológico del Proto-Shuar-Candoshi: evidencias para una relación genética." Revista del Museo Nacional 45. 323-377.
  3. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
  4. Valio Antunes Alves, Diego. 2019. Langue matanawí: Description phonologique et proposition de classification linguistique. M.A. dissertation, Université de la Sorbonne. 86 pp.
  5. Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925. As Tribus do Alto Madeira. Journal de la Société des Américanistes XVII. 137-172. (PDF)


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