Andaqui
Jirara
Native toColombia
Regionsouthern highlands
EthnicityAndaqui people
Extinctby the 1970s[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ana
Glottologanda1286

Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of Colombia. It has been linked to the Paezan or Barbacoan languages, but no connections have been demonstrated. It was spoken by the Andaqui people of Colombia.

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Paez, Chibcha (also proposed by Rivet 1924[2]), and Tinigua-Pamigua due to contact.[3]

Varieties

Other unattested varieties possibly related to Andaqui that are listed by Loukotka (1968):[4]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[4]

glossAndaquí
oneguhigo
twonashihishe
earsun-guaxo
tongueshonaé
handsakaá
footsoguapaná
waterxixi
stoneguatihi
maizekike
fishnengihi
housekogo

See also

Further reading

  • Coronas Urzúa, G. (1994). Análisis Fonológico de la lengua Andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
  • Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.

References

  1. Andaqui at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Rivet, Paul. 1924. La langue Andakí. Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 16:99-110.
  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. 1 2 Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.


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