Macro-Warpean languages

Short description: Proposed language family of South America

Macro-Warpean

(controversial)
Geographic
distribution| South America
Linguistic classification| Proposed language family
Subdivisions|

* Mura–Matanawi
* Huarpe

Glottolog| None

Macro-Warpean (or Macro-Huarpean) is a provisional proposal by Kaufman (1994) that connected the extinct Huarpe language with the previously connected Muran and Matanawí (Mura–Matanawí).[1] Morris Swadesh had included Huarpe in his Macro-Jibaro proposal.[2]

## Language contact

For the Mura-Matanawi languages, Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kwaza, Taruma, Katukina-Katawixi, Arawak, Jeoromitxi, Tupi, and Arawa language families due to contact.[3]

## Comparison

Comparison of basic vocabulary in Matanawí and Mura-Pirahã by Diego Valio Antunes Alves (2019: 86),[4] with data of both languages cited from Curt Nimuendajú (1925):[5]

Portuguese gloss
(original) | English gloss
(translated) | Matanawí | Mura-Pirahã

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língua | tongue | ihuzɨ | ipopaj
lábio | lip | ɲaruzɨohᴐ | apipaj
orelha | ear | atahuzɨ | apopaj
cabelo | hair | apa zi jaa | apapataj
coxa | thigh | aritʊzɨ, aritᴐzi | akuapaj
boca | mouth | ɲaru zɨ | kaopaj
dente | tooth | arɨzɨ | atopaj
nariz | nose | natuzi | itopaj
olho | eye | tuʃiji | kupaj
braço | arm | apiji | atoewe
mão | hand | ũsu zɨ | upaj
unha da mão | fingernail | ũsuzɨhᴐ | upapaj
perna | leg | aturazɨ | ipopaj
pé | foot | iʃijɨ | apaj
água | water | apɨ | pe
fogo | fire | ua | wai
chuva | rain | apɨ | pe
lua | moon | ka | kahaiai
terra | earth | wɨsa | bege
pedra | stone | aja | aapuuj
sol | sun | viː | wese
casa | house | pi | ataj
rede | net | api | apiʃara
flecha | arrow | awɨ | apoahaj
pente | comb | parata | isowe
esteira | mat | kɨnũ | pahoese
panela | pan | wata | waaj
paus para produzir fogo | sticks for starting fire | ɨ | ie
mel | honey | ʦɨza | ahaj
milho | maize | iwari | tihuahaj
mandioca | manioc | mĩ | iʃehe
tabaco | tobacco | ɨsəki | iʧehe

## References

1. ↑ Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
2. ↑ Payne, David Lawrence. 1981. "Bosquejo fonológico del Proto-Shuar-Candoshi: evidencias para una relación genética." Revista del Museo Nacional 45\. 323-377.
3. ↑ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
4. ↑ Valio Antunes Alves, Diego. 2019. Langue matanawí: Description phonologique et proposition de classification linguistique. M.A. dissertation, Université de la Sorbonne. 86 pp.
5. ↑ Nimuendajú, Curt. 1925. As Tribus do Alto Madeira. Journal de la Société des Américanistes XVII. 137-172. (PDF)

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