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List of indigenous languages of Argentina

January 01, 1970

This is a list of indigenous languages that are or were spoken in the present territory of Argentina.

Although the official language of Argentina is Spanish, several Indigenous languages are in use. Most are spoken only within their respective indigenous communities, some with very few remaining speakers. Others, especially Aymara, Quechua (South Bolivian Quechua and Santiago del Estero Quichua), Toba (Qom) and Guaraní (Western Argentine Guaraní, Paraguayan Guaraní, Mbyá Guaraní), are alive and in common use in specific regions. Finally, some such as Abipón and Yaghan, are now completely extinct. Since 2004 the Guaraní language is official, together with Spanish, in the northeastern Corrientes Province. 

Aboriginal languages in Argentina |____ Living | |____ Tupi–Guaraní family | | |_Guaraní subfamily | | |___ Subgroup I | |  |___ Paraguayan Guaraní | |  |___ Western Guaraní (Avá Guaraní or "chiriguano") | |  |___ Mbyá Guaraní | |  |___ Chiripá | |  |___ Kaiwá [+] | |  |___ Tapieté | |____ Guaycuruan family | | |___ Qom group | |  |___ Mocoví | |  |___ Pilagá | |  |___ Toba | |____ Mataguayo ("Mataco") family | | |____Wichí group ("Mataco") | | | |___ Nocten (Oktenay) | | | |___ Güisnay (Wenhayéy) | | | |___ Vejoz (Wehwos) | | |____Nivaklé group ("Chulupí") | | | |___ Forest Nivaklé (Yita'a lhavós) | | | |___ River Nivaklé (Chishamne and Shichaam lhavos) | | |____Chorote group | |  |___ Jo'wuwa or Iyo'wujwa (Manjui) | |  |___ Yofwaja or Iyojwa'ja (Eklenjui) | |____ Quechua family | | |____Quechua II C | |  |___ Southern Bolivian (Kolla) | |  |___ Santiago del Estero Quichua | |____ Araucanian family | | |_____________ Mapudungun (Mapuche) | |____ Isolated and unclassified |  |_____________ Aymara |  |_____________ Yagan, Yámana or Háusi-kúta |____________ Endangered or nearly extinct |  |____ Lule–Vilela family |  | |_____ Vilela [*] |  |____ Isolated and unclassified |   |_____ Gennaken ("Puelche") |___ Extinct (an incomplete list)   |____ Arawakan family   | |_____ Chané   |____ Charruan (?)   | |_____ Güenoa   | |_____ Chaná (?)   |____ Guaicuruan family   | |_____ Abipón   | |_____ Mbayá   | |_____ Payaguá   | |_____ Mbeguá (?)   |____ Lule–Vilela family   | |_____ Lule   |____ Chon family   | |_____ Manek'enk or Haush   | |_____ Teushen  |    | |_____ Aönikën ("Tehuelche")   | |_____ Śelknam ("Ona")   |____ Isolated and unclassified    |___ Huarpe group    | |___ Allentiac or Alyentiyak    | |___ Millcayac or Milykayak    |_____ Toconoté    |_____ Omaguaca    |_____ Cacán (Diaguita-Calchaquí)    |_____ Kunza, or Likanantaí (Atacameño)    |_____ Henia-camiare or "Comechingon"    |_____ Sanavirón    |_____ Het

[+] Dubious. Fabre states (with convincing arguments) that no Kaiwá live in Argentina. [*] Some authors give this languages as extinct. (?) Tentative classification

Living languages edit

Extinct languages edit

A large number of languages once spoken in Argentina have disappeared. According to Censabella (1999), two thirds of the languages spoken when the Spaniards arrived became extinct. In some cases, the languages disappeared along with the ethnic groups that spoke them; in other, the acculturation and transculturation phenomena associated with deep changes in the living conditions of the indigenous peoples caused the extinction, even if a number of individuals of the ethnical group still survive.

  • Abipón, from the Guaykuruan family, somewhat related to Kadiwéu of Brazil. No living speakers of this language are known.
  • Cacán, spoken by peoples known as Diaguitas and Calchaquíes, in northwestern Argentina. Extinct since the mid-17th century or beginning of 18th century. Its genetic classification remains unsolved. The language was supposedly documented by the Jesuit Alonso de Bárcena, but the manuscript is lost.
  • Chané, from the Arawakan family. It has been sometimes compared with Guana or Kashika language of Paraguay, and also with the Terena of Brazil, but both are different. Chané was spoken about 300 years ago in the north-east of Salta Province; the ethnical group, now called Izoceño, became subject as vassals to the Avá Guaraní people, and the language was lost. All surviving Chané individuals speak Western Guaraní.[clarification needed]
  • Güenoa (or Wenoa) and Chaná languages, of Charrúan stock, were spoken in today's central-eastern Argentina and Uruguay. Charruan languages became extinct by the beginning of the 19th century west of Uruguay River, and around 1830 in the eastern shores of the same river.
  • Kunza (also Cunza, Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe or Atacameño), probably an isolated language, was spoken in northwestern Argentina, northeastern Chile and Bolivia, in and around the region of Atacama up to Bolivian Salar de Uyuni by the Lickan-amtay (Atacameño) people. It is almost certainly extinct in Chile too.
  • Henia-Camiare or Hênia-Kamiare, sometimes considered as two different languages, was spoken by the ethnic group of the same name, known by Spaniards as "comechingones". The extant elements of this language (some toponyms and plant names) are not enough to establish its genetic relationships, nor to attempt a reconstruction.
  • Het was the language spoken by the original dwellers of the Pampas, known as Pampas or Querandíes, before they became intermixed with peoples of Mapuche origin and progressively switched to Mapudungun. Its very existence as a unique language (by opposition to a group) is merely speculative.
  • Allentiac or Alyentiyak and Millcayac or Milykayak languages belonged to the Huarpe or Warpe family and were spoken in the Cuyo region in central-western Argentina. The scarcity of remaining elements prevents accurate classification or reconstruction.
  • Lule, supposed to be part of the Lule–Vilela family, was spoken by peoples living in today's Salta Tucumán and Santiago del Estero provinces. Only a few toponyms and names remain, but their precise meaning is often obscure. However, the language is fairly well documented in a vocabulary and grammar composed by the Jesuit Antonio Machoni in 1732.
  • Tonocoté, sometimes confused with Lule, was spoken by a settled people dwelling in western and central regions of today's Santiago del Estero Province. There is some speculation among scholars about the possible Arawakan origin of that ethnic group, while other sources state that they were switching to Quechua in the 16th century. No evidence of the language has survived.
  • Yaghan, Yámana, Háusi-Kúta or Yagán is a language spoken by indigenous peoples of southern shores and islands of Tierra del Fuego. A very analytical language, it had an extensive vocabulary. In Argentina Yaghan became extinct at the beginning of the 20th century, but lexicons and early recordings remain. It is recognised in a number of well known toponyms as Ushuaia, Lapataia, Tolhuin, etc. Some elder speakers (between 1 and 5) remain in Chile, where the language is nearly extinct.
  • Ona
  • Puelche
  • Tehuelche language
  • Vilela language

Other extinct languages are known just by the ethnic group that spoke them, since very scarce (if any) linguistic material remains. Among them: Omaguaca; Sanavirón; several languages probably belonging to the Guaycurú family but known by their Guaraní ethnonyms as Mbayá, Payaguá, Minuané, Mbeguá, Timbú, Corondá, Quiloazá and Colastiné; and others related to the Chon stock, as Manek'enk and Teushen.

See also edit

References edit

  • Adelaar, Willem F.H. (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Braunstein, José A. (1992-3A). Presentación: esquema provisorio de las tribus chaqueñas. Hacia una Nueva Carta Étnica del Gran Chaco, 4: 1-8. Las Lomitas, Formosa.
  • ______ (1992-3B). Presentación. Hacia una Nueva Carta Étnica del Gran Chaco, 5: 1-3. Las Lomitas, Formosa.
  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
  • Censabella, Marisa (1999). Las lenguas indígenas de la Argentina. Una mirada actual. Buenos Aires: Eudeba. ISBN 950-23-0956-1
  • Fabre, Alain (1998). Manual de las lenguas indígenas sudamericanas, Vol. II. Munich: Lincom Europa
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
  • Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American languages. Los Angeles: UCLA
  • Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2005). Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indígenas (ECPI), 2004-2005 - Primeros resultados provisionales. Buenos Aires: INDEC. ISSN 0327-7968.
  • 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.
  • Key, Mary R. (1979). The grouping of South American languages. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
  • Martín, Herminia E. and Andrés Pérez Diez (eds.) (1996). Lenguas indígenas de Argentina 1492-1992. San Juan: Universidad Nacional de San Juan.
  • Martínez, Angelita (2004). Lenguas amerindias en Argentina. In: Ariadna Lluís i Vidal-Folch & Azucena Palacios Alcaine (eds.), Lenguas vivas en América Latina. Barcelona/ Madrid: Institut Català de Cooperació Iberoamericana/ Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
  • Mason, J. Alden. (1950). The languages of South America. In J. Steward (Ed.), Handbook of South American Indians (Vol. 6, pp. 157–317). Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology bulletin (No. 143). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
  • Languages spoken in Argentina

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This is a list of indigenous languages that are or were spoken in the present territory of Argentina Although the official language of Argentina is Spanish several Indigenous languages are in use Most are spoken only within their respective indigenous communities some with very few remaining speakers Others especially Aymara Quechua South Bolivian Quechua and Santiago del Estero Quichua Toba Qom and Guarani Western Argentine Guarani Paraguayan Guarani Mbya Guarani are alive and in common use in specific regions Finally some such as Abipon and Yaghan are now completely extinct Since 2004 the Guarani language is official together with Spanish in the northeastern Corrientes Province Aboriginal languages in Argentina Living Tupi Guarani family Guarani subfamily Subgroup I Paraguayan Guarani Western Guarani Ava Guarani or chiriguano Mbya Guarani Chiripa Kaiwa Tapiete Guaycuruan family Qom group Mocovi Pilaga Toba Mataguayo Mataco family Wichi group Mataco Nocten Oktenay Guisnay Wenhayey Vejoz Wehwos Nivakle group Chulupi Forest Nivakle Yita a lhavos River Nivakle Chishamne and Shichaam lhavos Chorote group Jo wuwa or Iyo wujwa Manjui Yofwaja or Iyojwa ja Eklenjui Quechua family Quechua II C Southern Bolivian Kolla Santiago del Estero Quichua Araucanian family Mapudungun Mapuche Isolated and unclassified Aymara Yagan Yamana or Hausi kuta Endangered or nearly extinct Lule Vilela family Vilela Isolated and unclassified Gennaken Puelche Extinct an incomplete list Arawakan family Chane Charruan Guenoa Chana Guaicuruan family Abipon Mbaya Payagua Mbegua Lule Vilela family Lule Chon family Manek enk or Haush Teushen Aoniken Tehuelche Selknam Ona Isolated and unclassified Huarpe group Allentiac or Alyentiyak Millcayac or Milykayak Toconote Omaguaca Cacan Diaguita Calchaqui Kunza or Likanantai Atacameno Henia camiare or Comechingon Sanaviron Het Dubious Fabre states with convincing arguments that no Kaiwa live in Argentina Some authors give this languages as extinct Tentative classification Contents 1 Living languages 2 Extinct languages 3 See also 4 ReferencesLiving languages editAymara Caiwa Kaiwa Chiriguano Chiripa Chorote Guarani Mapudungun Wichi Wichi Lhamtes Mocovi Nivacle Chulupi Pilaga Quechua Tapiete Toba QomExtinct languages editA large number of languages once spoken in Argentina have disappeared According to Censabella 1999 two thirds of the languages spoken when the Spaniards arrived became extinct In some cases the languages disappeared along with the ethnic groups that spoke them in other the acculturation and transculturation phenomena associated with deep changes in the living conditions of the indigenous peoples caused the extinction even if a number of individuals of the ethnical group still survive Abipon from the Guaykuruan family somewhat related to Kadiweu of Brazil No living speakers of this language are known Cacan spoken by peoples known as Diaguitas and Calchaquies in northwestern Argentina Extinct since the mid 17th century or beginning of 18th century Its genetic classification remains unsolved The language was supposedly documented by the Jesuit Alonso de Barcena but the manuscript is lost Chane from the Arawakan family It has been sometimes compared with Guana or Kashika language of Paraguay and also with the Terena of Brazil but both are different Chane was spoken about 300 years ago in the north east of Salta Province the ethnical group now called Izoceno became subject as vassals to the Ava Guarani people and the language was lost All surviving Chane individuals speak Western Guarani clarification needed Guenoa or Wenoa and Chana languages of Charruan stock were spoken in today s central eastern Argentina and Uruguay Charruan languages became extinct by the beginning of the 19th century west of Uruguay River and around 1830 in the eastern shores of the same river Kunza also Cunza Likanantai Lipe Ulipe or Atacameno probably an isolated language was spoken in northwestern Argentina northeastern Chile and Bolivia in and around the region of Atacama up to Bolivian Salar de Uyuni by the Lickan amtay Atacameno people It is almost certainly extinct in Chile too Henia Camiare or Henia Kamiare sometimes considered as two different languages was spoken by the ethnic group of the same name known by Spaniards as comechingones The extant elements of this language some toponyms and plant names are not enough to establish its genetic relationships nor to attempt a reconstruction Het was the language spoken by the original dwellers of the Pampas known as Pampas or Querandies before they became intermixed with peoples of Mapuche origin and progressively switched to Mapudungun Its very existence as a unique language by opposition to a group is merely speculative Allentiac or Alyentiyak and Millcayac or Milykayak languages belonged to the Huarpe or Warpe family and were spoken in the Cuyo region in central western Argentina The scarcity of remaining elements prevents accurate classification or reconstruction Lule supposed to be part of the Lule Vilela family was spoken by peoples living in today s Salta Tucuman and Santiago del Estero provinces Only a few toponyms and names remain but their precise meaning is often obscure However the language is fairly well documented in a vocabulary and grammar composed by the Jesuit Antonio Machoni in 1732 Tonocote sometimes confused with Lule was spoken by a settled people dwelling in western and central regions of today s Santiago del Estero Province There is some speculation among scholars about the possible Arawakan origin of that ethnic group while other sources state that they were switching to Quechua in the 16th century No evidence of the language has survived Yaghan Yamana Hausi Kuta or Yagan is a language spoken by indigenous peoples of southern shores and islands of Tierra del Fuego A very analytical language it had an extensive vocabulary In Argentina Yaghan became extinct at the beginning of the 20th century but lexicons and early recordings remain It is recognised in a number of well known toponyms as Ushuaia Lapataia Tolhuin etc Some elder speakers between 1 and 5 remain in Chile where the language is nearly extinct Ona Puelche Tehuelche language Vilela language Other extinct languages are known just by the ethnic group that spoke them since very scarce if any linguistic material remains Among them Omaguaca Sanaviron several languages probably belonging to the Guaycuru family but known by their Guarani ethnonyms as Mbaya Payagua Minuane Mbegua Timbu Coronda Quiloaza and Colastine and others related to the Chon stock as Manek enk and Teushen See also editList of indigenous languages of South AmericaReferences editAdelaar Willem F H 2004 The languages of the Andes Cambridge Cambridge University Press Braunstein Jose A 1992 3A Presentacion esquema provisorio de las tribus chaquenas Hacia una Nueva Carta Etnica del Gran Chaco 4 1 8 Las Lomitas Formosa 1992 3B Presentacion Hacia una Nueva Carta Etnica del Gran Chaco 5 1 3 Las Lomitas Formosa Campbell Lyle 1997 American Indian languages The historical linguistics of Native America New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 509427 1 Censabella Marisa 1999 Las lenguas indigenas de la Argentina Una mirada actual Buenos Aires Eudeba ISBN 950 23 0956 1 Fabre Alain 1998 Manual de las lenguas indigenas sudamericanas Vol II Munich Lincom Europa Gordon Raymond G Jr Ed 2005 Ethnologue Languages of the world 15th ed Dallas TX SIL International ISBN 1 55671 159 X Online version http www ethnologue com Loukotka Cestmir 1968 Classification of South American languages Los Angeles UCLA Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos 2005 Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indigenas ECPI 2004 2005 Primeros resultados provisionales Buenos Aires INDEC ISSN 0327 7968 Kaufman Terrence 1994 The native languages of South America In C Mosley amp R E Asher Eds Atlas of the world s languages pp 46 76 London Routledge Key Mary R 1979 The grouping of South American languages Tubingen Gunter Narr Verlag Martin Herminia E and Andres Perez Diez eds 1996 Lenguas indigenas de Argentina 1492 1992 San Juan Universidad Nacional de San Juan Martinez Angelita 2004 Lenguas amerindias en Argentina In Ariadna Lluis i Vidal Folch amp Azucena Palacios Alcaine eds Lenguas vivas en America Latina Barcelona Madrid Institut Catala de Cooperacio Iberoamericana Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Mason J Alden 1950 The languages of South America In J Steward Ed Handbook of South American Indians Vol 6 pp 157 317 Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology bulletin No 143 Washington D C Government Printing Office Languages spoken in Argentina Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of indigenous languages of Argentina amp oldid 1186457605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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