Arazaire language

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Arazaire and Arasa are a pair of closely related languages of uncertain affiliation.[1][2]

Arazaire
Arasa
Native toPeru
Extinct(date missing)
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Madre de Dios
        • Arazaire
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologaraz1236
gloss Arazaire
("Panoan")
Arasa
("Takanan")
various Panoan
sun fuari huári huari
one nunchina nonchina
two buta béta
head mashashue é-osha
water humapasha éna éna, xéne, etc.
maize hoki shishe
house so:po shopo, shobo

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.

References

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  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.