Arazaire language

Arazaire–Arasa
Arazaire–Arasa
Native to	Peru
Region	Department of Madre de Dios
Ethnicity	Arazaire
Era	attested 1906
Language family	Panoan/Tacanan Mainline Panoan Nawa Madre de Dios Arazaire–Arasa; ; ; ;
Dialects	Arazaire; Arasa;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	araz1236

Arazaire and Arasa are a pair of closely related languages of uncertain affiliation, within the Pano-Tacanan languages.^[1]^[2]

Classification

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.

Loukotka (1968) uses Arazaire for the Panoan language and Arasa for the Takanan language.^[3]

Vocabulary

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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

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Internet Archive. Los Angeles : University of California, Latin American Center.
^ "Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger Indianerstämme des Rio Madre de Dios-gebietes" (PDF). www.pueblos-originarios.ucb.edu.bo.

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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.

[3] Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Internet Archive. Los Angeles : University of California, Latin American Center.

[4] "Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger Indianerstämme des Rio Madre de Dios-gebietes" (PDF). www.pueblos-originarios.ucb.edu.bo.

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