Mataguayan languages

Matákoan
Mataguayo
Geographic
distribution		Chaco region
Linguistic classificationMataco–Guaicuru ?
  • Matákoan
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologmata1289

Mataguayan (also Matacoan, Matákoan, Mataguayo, Mataco–Mataguayo, Matacoano, Matacoana) is a language family of northern Argentina, western Paraguay, and southeastern Bolivia.

Family division

Matacoan consists of four clusters of languages: Wichí, Chorote, Nivaĉle, and Maká. Wichí and Chorote constitute a well-supported clade within the family. It has also been proposed that Maká and Nivaĉle form a clade, however, Nivaĉle also shares several innovations with Chorote–Wichí, casting doubt on the validity of the Maká–Nivaĉle clade.

Gordon (2005) in Ethnologue divides Wichí into three separate languages and Chorote into two languages.

Mason (1950)

Internal classification by Mason (1950):

  • Mataco-Maca
    • Mataco
      • Mataco-Mataguayo
        • Mataco
          • Guisnay
          • Nocten (Octenai)
        • Mataguayo
          • Northern: Hueshuo, Pesatupe, Abucheta
          • Southern: Vejoz
      • Chorotí-Ashluslay
        • Chorotí (Yofuaha)
        • Ashluslay (Chulupí, Chonopí, Sukin, Sotiagay, Tapieté)
    • Macá (Enimagá, Cochaboth, Guaná, Lengua)
      • Enimagá
        • Macá (Towothli, Toosle)
      • Guentusé
      • Cochaboth-Lengua

Nikulin & Carol (2024)

Internal classification by Nikulin & Carol (2024):

  • Mataguayan
    • Maká
      • Fisket Ɫeiɫets
      • Aseptiket Ɫeiɫets
    • Nivaĉle
      • Chishamnee Lhavos
      • Shichaam Lhavos
      • Yita’ Lhavos
    • Chorote–Wichí
      • Chorote
        • Iyojwa’aja’
        • Iyo’awujwa’–Manjui
          • Iyo’awujwa’
          • Manjui
            • Jlimnájnas
            • Jlawá’a Wos
      • Wichí
        • Northwestern Wichí
          • ’Weenhayek
          • Guisnay (Lower Pilcomayeño)
          • Vejoz
        • Southeastern Wichí
          • Rivadavia
          • Lower Bermejeño

Proto-language

Major reconstructions of Proto-Mataguayo include those by Viegas Barros (2002) (see the corresponding Spanish article for a list of reconstructions) and Nikulin & Carol (2024).

Animal and plant names

The following reconstructions of Proto-Mataguayan animal and plant names are from Nikulin & Carol (2024).

Abbreviations

Invertebrates

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*ɸátsu(ˀ)χ, *ɸátshu-ts‘centipede’
*ɸínä(ˀ)χ‘crab’
*ɸiˀs‘leech’
*ɸít’i(ʔ) ~ *ɸít’ih‘dragonfly’
*lǻp’ih ~ *lǻɸ’ih‘snail’
*(-)ɬaʔ, *(-)ɬá-ts‘louse’
*ɬeɬ‘white snail’
*ˀwóså(ˀ)q ~ *ˀwóså(ˀ)k‘butterfly’
*ʔǻnitih‘wasp sp.’
*ʔéjaʔ (*-l)‘mosquito’
*ɸánhaʔ ~ *ɸä́nhaʔ (*-jʰ)‘locust’(MN)
*sålå(ˀ)l, *sålål-its‘middle-sized cicada’(MN)
*ɸ(u)nájXV(ˀ)j‘earthworm, amphisbaenian’(ChW)
*kóˀl‘locust’(ChW)
*wóna(ʔ)‘bala wasp (Polybia ruficeps) honey(comb); hat’(ChW)

Fish

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*pxúse-naˀχ‘bearded; gilded catfish’
*k’unhate-nhaʔ (*-jʰ)‘pacu fish’(MN)
*sijå(ˀ)χ, *sijåχ-its‘fish sp.’(MN)
*(ˀ)wǻnaˀχ, *(ˀ)wǻnha-ts‘piranha’(MN)
*ʔutsi(h) (*-l)‘marbled swamp eel’(MN)
*ʔatsXa(ʔ), *ʔatsXá-l‘dorado’(ChW)

Reptiles and amphibians

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*tós (*-its)‘snake’
*ʔáɬu(ʔ) (*-ts)‘iguana’
*ʔáɬu-taχ, *ʔáɬu-ta-ts‘alligator’
*ʔatuˀχ ~ *ʔatúˀχ‘snake sp.’
*ʔåˀlå‘South American rattlesnake; caninana’
*ʔåˀlǻ-taχ‘Argentine boa’
*ɸaxi(ˀ)j ~ *ɸäxi(ˀ)j‘green ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)’(MN)
*káˀlah, *káˀla-ts‘lizard’(ChW)
*ktáˀnih, *ktáˀni-ts‘Chaco tortoise’(ChW)
*s’ǻm (*-its)‘frog sp.’
*pǻˀjih‘frog (Leptodactylus sp.)’(ChW)
*tǻtsna(ˀ)X₁₂ ~ *tǻtsne(ˀ)χ‘toad’(ChW)

Birds

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*ɸaʔáj (fruit); *ɸaʔáj-uˀk, *ɸaʔáj-ku-jʰ (tree)‘white algarrobo (Prosopis alba)’
*jit’åʔ, *jit’ǻ-l‘turkey vulture’
*kijápo(ˀ)p ?~ *k’ijápo(ˀ)p‘common potoo (Nyctibius griseus)’
*k’å ~ *k’ǻ‘variable antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)’
*k’ék’eh‘monk parakeet’
*k’ú(t)sta(ˀ)χ, *k’ú(t)sta-ts‘American barn owl (Tyto furcata)’
*mijó (*-l)‘savannah hawk’
*ˀmók (*-its)‘creamy-bellied thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)’
*pǻnhajeχ ~ *pånhájeχ ~ *pånhajéχ‘neotropic cormorant’
*påttséχ‘jabiru’
*pí(t)staʔ‘masked gnatcatcher’
*sát’a(ˀ)(t)s‘parakeet sp.’
*stwúˀn, *stwún-its‘king vulture’
*tilVχ ~ *tílVχ ~ *tilV́χ‘white woodpecker’
*túsu(ˀ)(t)s‘lesser yellowlegs’
*t’isåʔ ~ *t’isǻʔ (*-l)‘cream-backed woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon)’
*tsåhǻq (*-its)‘chajá bird’
*tsijáʔ ?~ *ts’ijáʔ‘caracara (Milvago sp.)’
*tsiwáɬqoɬ‘little nightjar (Setopagis parvula)’
*tsoˀm ~ *tsóˀm‘plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)’
*ts’áts’ih, *ts’áts’i-l‘rufous hornero’
*ˀwǻnXåɬåχ, *ˀwǻnXåɬå-ts‘rhea’
*xókhajeχ‘Muscovy duck’
*(ʔa)X₁₃útsa(ˀ)χ, *(ʔa)X₁₃útsha-ts‘crested caracara’
*ʔáp’a(ˀ)χ ~ *ʔáɸ’a(ˀ)χ‘jararaca’
*ʔáxaʔ‘stork’
*ʔéle(ʔ)‘parrot’
*ʔóɸoʔ (*-ts)‘picazuro pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)’
*ʔúlʔåh, *ʔúlʔå-ts‘dove (Columbina sp.)’
*jinqå-(ju)ˀk, *jinqå-ku-jʰ (tree); *jinqåˀ-p, *jinqå-p-its (season)‘white algarrobo (Prosopis alba)’(MN)
*kómiʔ‘Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)’(MN)
*teχ (*-its)‘parrot sp.’(MN)
*på(ˀ)q‘kind of zorzal (Turdus sp.)’(ChW)
*qatsíwo(ʔ)‘limpkin’(ChW)
*silóʔtåɸV(ʔ) ?~ *siwóʔtåɸe(ʔ)‘Caatinga puffbird’(ChW)
*spú(ˀ)p‘dove’(ChW)
*stǻɸe(ʔ)‘Chaco chachalaca’(ChW)
*wóp’ih ~ *wóɸ’ih ?~ *móp’ih ~ *móɸ’ih‘snowy egret, great egret’(ChW)
*wósak’V(ˀ)t‘red-crested cardinal’(ChW)

Mammals

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*jiˀjåˀX₁₂‘jaguar’
*kɸá(t)s’i(ʔ)‘Molina's hog-nosed skunk’
*k’alxó, *k’alxó-ts‘southern three-banded armadillo’
*ˀlä́jX₂₃VnåX₁₃å‘Azara's night monkey’
*me(ʔ) ~ *mé(ʔ)‘otter’
*núʔuh, *núʔu-ts‘dog’
*ˀnjǻnxteʔ‘Chacoan mara (cavy), tapeti’
*slǻqha(ˀ)j, *slǻqhaj-its‘wild cat’
*sˀwúla(ˀ)χ, *sˀwúla-ts‘anteater’
*tänúk (*-its)‘feline’ (‘cat’ in the contemporary languages)
*xéjåʔ (*-l)‘bat’
*ʔámʔåh, *ʔámʔå-ts‘rat’
*ʔáqåtse(ˀ)χ‘kind of armadillo’
*ʔáwu(C)tseχ‘Chacoan peccary; collared peccary’
*ʔuwáɬe(ˀ)χ ?~ *C’uwáɬe(ˀ)χ‘puma’
*ʔVláʔah, *ʔVláʔa-ts‘lesser grison’
*ʔåɸínaˀχ, *ʔåɸínha-ts‘black howler’(MN)
*him (*-its)‘coati’(MN)
*jiʔixåtaχ, *jiʔixåta-ts‘ocelot’(MN)
*(ˀ)wawo(h) (*-l)‘maned wolf’(MN)
*(ˀ)wq’am ~ *(ˀ)wq’äm‘white-eared opossum’(MN)
*ʔåχtinaˀχ, *ʔåχtinha-ts‘marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)’(MN)
*ʔujhVl‘otter sp.’(MN)
*níltsa(ˀ)X₁₂, *níltsX₁₃a-ts‘white-lipped peccary’(ChW)
*Xmáwoh; *Xmáwo-taχ, *Xmáwo-ta-ts‘fox’(ChW)

Plants

Proto-MataguayanGlossNotes
*ɸtsǻna(ˀ)χ‘Baccharis sp.’
*ɸts-uˀk, collective *ɸis-kat‘Copernicia alba palm’
*kéɬχa-juˀk, *kéɬχa-jku-jʰ‘red quebracho (Schinopsis balansae)’
*khǻt (fruit); *khǻt-uˀk, *khǻt-ku-jʰ (plant)‘cactus’
*lä́tseni(ʔ) (fruit); *lä́tsen-uˀk, *lä́tsen-ku-jʰ (tree)‘chañar (Geoffroea decorticans)’
*lóta-(ju)ˀk‘iscayante tree (for making bows)’
*náwa(ˀ)x‘cactus sp.’
*néwo(ˀ)k‘wild manioc (Marsdenia castillonii)’
*sát-uˀk, *sát-ku-jʰ‘lecherón tree (Sapium haematospermum)’
*sóp’wa(-ta)-juˀk, *sóp’wa(-ta)-jku-jʰ‘caspi zapallo (Pisonia zapallo)’
*sténi(ʔ) (fruit); *stén-uˀk (tree)‘white quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco)’
*tsänúˀk‘duraznillo (Ruprechtia triflora)’
*tsóɸa (fruit)‘Maytenus vitis-idaea’
*tsóɸa-taχ (fruit); *tsóɸa-ta-(ju)ˀk (tree)‘Lycium americanum’
*wák’a(ʔ) (fruit); *wák’a-juˀk, *wák’a-jku-jʰ (tree)‘guayacán (Libidibia paraguariensis)’
*wátå(ˀ)χ (fruit); *wáth(å-j)uˀk (tree)‘palo flojo (Albizia inundata or Enterolobium contortisiliquum)’
*wijeʔ‘cactus (Bromelia serra)’
*wósitseχ (fruit); *wósits-uˀk, *wósits(e)-ku-jʰ‘Prosopis nigra’
*xélå(ˀ)X₁₂ (fruit), *xélå-juˀk (tree)‘plant sp.’
*xunxátaχ (fruit); *xunxáta-(ju)ˀk (tree)‘tusca (Acacia aroma)’
*xunxáta-kat (grove)‘tusca (Acacia aroma)’
*X₁₃óˀk‘Bulnesia sarmientoi’
*ʔaX₁₃ǻje(ˀ)χ (fruit); *ʔaX₁₃ǻj-uˀk, *ʔaX₁₃ǻj-ku-jʰ (tree)‘mistol (Ziziphus mistol)’
*ʔǻl(V)tse(ˀ)χ, *ʔǻl(V)tse-ts‘cháguar (Bromelia urbaniana = Deinacanthon urbanianum)’
*ʔǻnhajeχ (bean); *ʔǻnhaj-uˀk (plant); *ʔǻnhaje-ˀp (season)‘Capparis retusa’
*ʔåtits ~ *ʔåtíts ~ *ʔåtets ~ *ʔåtéts‘wild pepper’
*ɸinåk, *ɸinhå-jʰ‘tobacco’(MN)
*låttsiki-juˀk, *låttsiki-ku-jʰ‘willow’(MN)
*samto-ˀk‘bamboo (Guadua angustifolia)’(MN)
*tsaqaq ~ *-ä-‘plant sp.’(MN)
*(ˀ)wut‘a bushy leguminous plant’(MN)
*xoxaw-uˀk ?~ *xoxi-juˀk, *-ku-jʰ‘Tabebuia nodosa tree’(MN)
*ʔåthajeχ (fruit); *ʔåthaj-uˀk, *ʔåthaj-ku-jʰ (tree) (*-hä-)‘molle plant’(MN)
*ʔomhatäk (fruit); *ʔomhatä-(ju)ˀk, *ʔomhatä-ku-jʰ (tree) (~ *-hä-)‘queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana)’(MN)
*ɸálawuˀk‘strangler vine (Morrenia odorata)’(ChW)
*ɸílå(ˀ)X₁₂‘Solanum sp.’(ChW)
*ktéta(ʔ) ~ *ktä́ta(ʔ) (fruit); *ktéta-(ju)k ~ *ktä́ta-juk (tree)‘Prosopis elata’(ChW)
*kutsá(ˀ)X₁₂ ~ *kutsé(ˀ)χ ?~ *k’utsá(ˀ)X₁₂ ~ *k’utsé(ˀ)χ‘cháguar (Bromelia hieronymi)’(ChW)
*stá(ˀ)X (fruit); *stá-ˀq (plant)‘Stetsonia coryne cactus’(ChW)
*tsémɬå(ˀ)k ~ *tsä́mɬå(ˀ)k‘silk floss tree’(ChW)
*tsu(ˀ)X ?~*ts’u(ˀ)X (fruit); *tsuX-uk ?~ *ts’uX-uk (tree)‘sachamembrillo (Capparis tweediana)’(ChW)
*ʔaté(ˀ)k ~ *ʔatä́(ˀ)k‘cebil (Anadenanthera colubrina) or vinal (Prosopis ruscifolia)’(ChW)

References

  1. ↑ Nikulin, Andrey; Carol, Javier (2024). Historical phonology of Mataguayan. Berlin: Language Science Press. ISBN 9783985541034.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (1 June 2007). "Internal reconstruction in Chulupí (Nivaclé)". Diachronica. 24 (1): 1–29. doi:10.1075/dia.24.1.02cam.
  3. ↑ Viegas Barros, J. Pedro (25 October 2013). "La hipótesis de parentesco Guaicurú-Mataguayo: estado actual de la cuestión". Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica. 5 (2): 293–333. doi:10.26512/rbla.v5i2.16269. hdl:11336/28247.
  4. ↑ Nikulin, Andrey; Carol, Javier (2024). Historical phonology of Mataguayan. Berlin: Language Science Press. ISBN 9783985541034.
  5. ↑ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
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