Atswawaka, also called Atsahuaca, or Atsawaka-Yamiaka, is an extinct Panoan language of Peru. Atsahuaca is the name that the tribe calls themselves, meaning "children of the manioc" in their own language. Alternate spellings of the name of the Atswakaka language include: Atsawaka, Atsawaca, Astahuaca, Yamiaca, Yamiaka, Atsawaka-Yamiaka, and Atsahuaca-Yamiaca.
| Atsawaka | |
|---|---|
| Atsahuaca-Yamiaca | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Carama River |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | atc |
atc | |
| Glottolog | atsa1242 |
There were 20 speakers in 1904.
Alphabet
editThe Atswawaka alphabet uses 24 letters commonly, and has 8 characters used for vowels.[2]
| Common character(s) | Alternate version | IPA symbol |
|---|---|---|
| a | a | |
| e | ||
| i | i | |
| u | o | ʊ ~ o |
| an | ã | ã |
| en | ẽ | ẽ |
| in | ĩ | ĩ |
| un | õ | õ |
| c | k, qu | k |
| d | r | d |
| ch | č | tʃ |
| f | ɸ ~ β | |
| h | j | h |
| m | m | |
| n | n | |
| p | p | |
| qu | k | |
| r | ɾ | |
| s | s | |
| x | sh, š | ʃ ~ ʂ |
| t | t | |
| ts | ts | |
| w | hu | w |
| y | j |
Vocabulary
edit- Man - t'harki
- Woman - tcinani
- Yes - ei
- No - tcama
- Tea - ita
- Tree - isthehowa
References
edit- ^ Atsawaka at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ "Atsahuaca Pronunciation and Spelling Guide". www.native-languages.org/. Native Languages of the Americas website. 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Farabee, William Curtis (1922). Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Museum. pp. 162.
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