Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of
Colombia
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. It has been linked to the
Paezan Paezan (also Páesan, Paezano, Interandine) may be any of several hypothetical or obsolete language-family proposals of Colombia and Ecuador named after the Paez language.
Proposals
Currently, Páez (Nasa Yuwe) is best considered either a langu ...
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 Andaqui, Andaquí, or Andaki may refer to:
* Andaquí people, an ethnic group of Colombia
* Andaqui language, a language of Colombia
See also
* Andaqui Terrane, a subdivision of the Chibcha Terrane
The Chibcha Terrane ( es, Terreno Chibcha, ' ...
of
Colombia
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.
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with
Paez,
Chibcha
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan lan ...
(also proposed by Rivet 1924
[Rivet, Paul. 1924. La langue Andakí. ''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
Timaná is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The municipality is located in the south of Huila at an altitude of and southwest of the capital Neiva.
History
The region of Timaná before the conquest in Colombia was in ...
.
*Yalcon / Cambi - once spoken between the
Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of ...
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 Andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
*Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.
References
External links
El léxico de la lengua AndaquíPDF
Indigenous languages of South America
Extinct languages of South America
Language isolates of South America
Macro-Paesan languages
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