| Maya–Yunga–Chipayan | |
|---|---|
| Chimu–Chipayan | |
| (controversial) | |
| Geographic distribution | Peru and Central America | 
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family | 
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None | 
The Maya–Yunga–Chipayan languages are a proposed macrofamily linking the Chimuan, Uru–Chipaya, and Mayan language families of the Americas. The macrofamily was proposed by Stark (1972).[1] However, it has not gained widespread acceptance among linguists.
Classification
Stark's (1972) classification is as follows.[1]
- Maya–Yunga–Chipayan
- Mayan
- Chimu–Chipayan
- Uru–Chipaya
- Chimuan
- Yunga (Mochica)
- Cañari–Puruhá
- ? Sechura–Catacao (Tallán)
 
 
 
Tovar (1961),[2] partly based on Schmidt (1926),[3] adds Tallán (Sechura–Catacao) to Chimuan (which he calls Yunga-Puruhá). Tovar's (1961) classification below is cited from Stark (1972).[1]
Lexical comparisons
Stark (1972) proposed a Maya–Yunga–Chipayan macrofamily linking Mayan with Uru–Chipaya and Yunga (Mochica), based on the following lexical comparisons.[1]
- gloss - Yunga - Uru–Chipaya - Proto-Mayan - to remember - kon- - khuñ- - *k(’)an - string (twisted) - pal - pari - *b’əl - flea - čuka - čowksmari - *k’əq - to kill - jum - kan - *kəm - fire - ox - uh - *q’aːq’ - foot - xok - kxohča - *ʔoːq - to come - ta(n)- - thon- - *t̪əːl - (old) woman - šonøŋ - šon - *ʔišnam - beard - sap - sip(s) - *šob - white - šiku - sḳo ‘white, 
 salty residue,
 on ground’- *saq - to spin thread - paṣ̌- - spahtš - *bač’ - water - xa - kxaʔ - *həʔ - bone - ko¢ike - khoči - *b’a.q - to feel, hear - nøm- - non - *ʔabiy, *ʔubiy - sun, time, day - tuni - thuñi - *q’i.ŋ - father - ef - ehp - *mam, *tat - to want, love, present - pik- - pek - *q’an, *ʔax - ripe, old - čuk - čakwa - *yix - toad - xok - šḳoḳa - *š-k’yuk’y - to spin thread - paṣ̌- - spahtš - *š-bač’ - jaw - kaŋ - škeña - *š-kahlam - cornfield - škala ~ ṣkala - *š-k’wal; *š-kol 
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Stark, Louisa R. (1972). "Maya-Yunga-Chipayan: A New Linguistic Alignment". International Journal of American Linguistics. 38 (2): 119–135. doi:10.1086/465193. ISSN 0020-7071. S2CID 145380780.
- ↑ Tovar, Antonio (1961). Catálogo de las lenguas de América del Sur, pp. 162-165. Buenos Aires.
- ↑ Schmidt, Wilhelm (1926). Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde, p. 214. Heidelberg.
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