The Catacaoan languages are an extinct family of three languages spoken in the Piura Region of

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

. The three languages in the family are: * Catacao or Katakao, once spoken around the city of Catacaos * Colán or Kolán, once spoken between the

Piura River The Piura River is a river in northern Peru. The river flows westward from the Andes to the Pacific Ocean and is susceptible to major flooding. Piura is the largest city along the river's course. Course The Piura River has its source in eastern ...

and

Chira River Chira River or Rio Chira is the name of a river (as well as valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita. Its source is in the Ecuadorian Andes near th ...

*Chira or Lachira or Tangarará, once spoken along the

. It is unattested. In Glottolog, the two attested languages, Catacao and Colán, are subsumed into the extinct Tallán language as dialects.

Vocabulary comparison

Genetic relations

Loukota compares Catacaoan to the Culle language and the

Sechura language The Sechura language, also known as Sek, is an extinct language spoken in the Piura Region of Peru, near the port of Sechura Sechura is a city in northwestern Peru, south of Piura. It is the capital of Sechura Province in the Piura Region. ...

but does not make any claims about genetic relatedness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Catacaoan Languages Indigenous languages of South America Languages of Peru Language families