Proposed language family of South America
Harákmbut–Katukinan is a proposal linking the South American indigenous language families Harákmbut and Katukinan. There is reasonably good evidence that the two are related.[1] Jolkesky (2011) also adds Arawan to the family.[2]
Family division
Jolkesky (2011) concludes Arawan is closer to Harákmbut than to Katukinan.[2]
Internal branching of the Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet family according to Jolkesky (2011):[2]
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Arawakan languages due to contact.[3]
Vocabulary
The following table from Adelaar (2000) lists lexical cognates between Kanamari and Harákmbut:[4]
For a list of cognates sets by Jolkesky (2011),[2] see the corresponding Portuguese article.
References
Wiktionary has word lists at
Appendix:Harákmbut-Katukina word lists - ^ Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (2012). The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter. p. 91. ISBN 9783110258035.
- ^ a b c d Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2011. Arawá-Katukína-Harakmbet: correspondências fonológicas, morfológicas e lexicais. Encontro Internacional: Arqueologia e Linguística Histórica das Línguas Indígenas Sul-Americanas Brasília, 24 a 28 de outubro de 2011.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
- ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H. 2000. Propuesta de un nuevo vínculo genético entre dos grupos lingüísticos indígenas de la Amazonía occidental: Harakmbut y Katukina. In Luis Miranda Esquerre (ed.), Actas del I Congreso de Lenguas Indígenas de Sudamérica, 219-236. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, Facultad de Lenguas Modernas, Departamento Académico de Humanidades.
