Arazaire language

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Arazaire–Arasa
Native to Peru
Region Department of Madre de Dios
EthnicityArazaire
Eraattested 1906
Panoan/Tacanan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Madre de Dios
        • Arazaire–Arasa
Dialects
  • Arazaire
  • Arasa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog araz1236

Arazaire and Arasa are a pair of closely related languages of uncertain affiliation, within the Pano-Tacanan languages. [1] [2]

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Classification

These have been claimed to be either Panoan or Takanan, or Takanan with Panoan words. Campbell (2012) says they are too poorly attested to classify. However, Fleck (2013) classifies them definitely in the Madre de Dios branch of Panoan, and says that the confusion is due to a second, Takanan language that also went by the names Arazaire and Arasa; a similar naming problem has caused confusion with its close relative Yamiaka. The name Arasairi has been used for yet another language, a dialect of the language isolate Harakmbut.

Loukotka (1968) uses Arazaire for the Panoan language and Arasa for the Takanan language. [3] The names both derive from the Arasa river. [4]

Vocabulary

[5] [3]
glossvarious PanoanArazaire
("Panoan")		Arasa
("Takanan")
sunhuarifuarihuári
onenunchinanonchina
twobutabéta
headmashashueé-osha
wateréna, xéne, etc.humapashaéna
maizehokishishe
houseshopo, shoboso:po

References

  1. ↑ Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (2012-01-27). The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 148–149. ISBN   978-3-11-025803-5.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Lyle (March 2003). "On South American Indian languages: reply to Aikhenvald". Journal of Linguistics. 39 (1): 141–146. doi:10.1017/S0022226702211950. ISSN   1469-7742.
  3. 1 2 Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Internet Archive. Los Angeles : University of California, Latin American Center.
  4. ↑ "Arasaeri (Arasaeris)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger Indianerstämme des Rio Madre de Dios-gebietes" (PDF). www.pueblos-originarios.ucb.edu.bo.



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