Aguano language
Aguano is a possibly extinct language of Peru. Loukotka (1968)[1] classified it as Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano language was not the same as theirs, but rather that the Aguano people spoke Quechua (Wise 1987).
| Aguano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | 40 Aguano families in Santa Cruz de Huallaga. |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aga |
| Glottolog | agua1251 |
Names and varieties
Alternate spellings are Uguano, Aguanu, Awano; it has also been called Santa Crucino.
Mason (1950) listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper (including Seculusepa/Chilicawa and Melikine/Tivilo), Cutinana, and Maparina.[2] Schematically, these can be summarized as:
- Aguano proper
- Seculusepa (Chilicawa)
- Melikine (Tivilo)
- Cutinana
- Maparina
References
- Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- Mason, J. Alden. 1950. The languages of South America. In: Julian Steward (ed.), Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 6, 157–317. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143.) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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