-den language

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-den
Native to Peru
Region Department of Cajamarca
EthnicityGuzmango
Extinct (date missing)
unclassified (Hibito–Cholon?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
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  -den

A virtually unknown and extinct Indigenous language of Peru, formerly spoken in Cajamarca Department, is referred to as -den from its characteristic toponym (also as -don, -ten, -ton, -din, -tin). It is known from only three words and is associated with the kingdom of Cuismancu (Guzmango), centred in the province of Contumazá. [1] It may have been related to the Hibito–Cholon languages, [2] and may even be identical to other such languages of the region known solely from their distinctive toponyms such as Chachapoya. [3]

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Vocabulary

Three words found in a document commissioned by a member of the Cuismancu royal family are attributed to the -den language by Alfredo Torero. These words are nus 'lady', losque 'young girl', and mizo 'female servant'. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN   978-0-521-36275-7.
  2. ↑ Urban, Matthias (2021). "Cholón and the linguistic prehistory of Northern Peru: triangulating toponymy, substrate lexis, and areal typology". Linguistic Discovery. 17 (1). doi: 10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.513 . ISSN   1537-0852.
  3. ↑ Urban, Matthias (2024-12-31), Urban, Matthias (ed.), "Small and extinct languages of Northern Peru", The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes (1 ed.), Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 419–437, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198849926.003.0014, ISBN   978-0-19-884992-6 , retrieved 2026-02-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
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