The Mascoian also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages are a small, closely related language family of
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Languages
The languages are:
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* Maskoy language, Maskoy (Toba-Maskoy)
* Enxet (Southern Lengua)
* Enlhet (Northern Lengua)
* Kaskihá (Guaná)
* Sanapaná
* Angaité
Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature, ''Emok'' and ''Maskoy Pidgin''.
Jolkesky (2016)
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. ]
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(† = extinct)
;Lengua-Maskoy
*Lengua: '' Enlhet''; '' Enxet''
*Maskoy
**Maskoy, Southern: '' Angaite''; '' Sanapana''
**Maskoy, Northern: '' Kaskiha''; '' Maskoy language, Maskoy''
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
References
*Alain Fabre, 2005, ''Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo.
{{South American languages
Mascoian languages,
Mataco–Guaicuru languages
Indigenous languages of the South American Chaco
Languages of Paraguay
Language families
Chaco linguistic area