Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of
Colombia
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. It has been linked to the
Paezan or
Barbacoan languages
Barbacoan (also Barbakóan, Barbacoano, Barbacoana) is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.
Genealogical relations
The Barbacoan languages may be related to the Páez language. Barbacoan is often connected with the Paezan language ...
, but no connections have been demonstrated. It was spoken by the
Andaqui people of
Colombia
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.
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with
Paez,
Chibcha
The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonizati ...
(also proposed by Rivet 1924
[Rivet, Paul. 1924. La langue AndakÃ. ''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'', 16:99-110.]), and
Tinigua-Pamigua due to contact.
Varieties
Other unattested varieties possibly related to Andaqui that are listed by
Loukotka (1968):
*
Timaná – once spoken on the
Magdalena River
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and
Guarapas River around the city of
Timaná.
*
Yalcon / Cambi – once spoken between the
Magdalena River
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and
La Plata River.
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
:
See also
*
Macro-Paesan languages
Further reading
*Coronas Urzúa, G. (1994). Análisis Fonológico de la lengua AndaquÃ. Revista de FilologÃa y LingüÃstica de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
*Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquÃ. Revista de FilologÃa y LingüÃstica de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.
References
External links
El léxico de la lengua AndaquÃPDF
Indigenous languages of South America
Extinct languages of South America
Language isolates of South America
Macro-Paesan languages
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