Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of
Colombia. It has been linked to the
Paezan or
Barbacoan languages
Barbacoan (also Barbakóan, Barbacoano, Barbacoana) is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.
Genealogical relations
The Barbacoan languages may be related to the Páez language. Barbacoan is often connected with the Paezan language ...
, but no connections have been demonstrated. It was spoken by the
Andaqui people of
Colombia.
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with
Paez,
Chibcha
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan lang ...
(also proposed by Rivet 1924
[Rivet, Paul. 1924. La langue AndakÃ. ''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'', 16:99-110.]), and
Tinigua-Pamigua due to contact.
Varieties
Other unattested varieties possibly related to Andaqui that are listed by
Loukotka (1968):
*Timaná - once spoken on the
Magdalena River
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and
Guarapas River around the city of
Timaná
Timaná is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The municipality is located in the south of Huila at an altitude of and southwest of the capital Neiva.
History
The region of Timaná before the conquest in Colombia was ...
.
*Yalcon / Cambi - once spoken between the
Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, RÃo Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much o ...
and
La Plata River.
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
:
See also
*
Macro-Paesan languages
Macro-Paesan (also spelled Macro-Paezan) is a proposal linking several small families and language isolate
Language isolates are languages that cannot be classified into larger language families. Korean and Basque are two of the most common ex ...
Further reading
*Coronas Urzúa, G. (1994). Análisis Fonológico de la lengua AndaquÃ. Revista de FilologÃa y LingüÃstica de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
*Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquÃ. Revista de FilologÃa y LingüÃstica de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.
References
External links
El léxico de la lengua AndaquÃPDF
Indigenous languages of South America
Extinct languages of South America
Language isolates of South America
Macro-Paesan languages
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