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Kamëntšá Language
Kamëntšá, commonly rendered Camsá or Sibundoy in old sources,Handbook of South American Indians is a language isolate and native language of the Kamëntšá people who primarily inhabit the Sibundoy Valley of the Putumayo Department in the south of Colombia. Classification Kamëntšá appears to be a language isolate. Researchers have tried connecting it to the Chibchan languages without success. Fabre reports that the Kamëntšá are descended, at least in part, from the , whose language is unattested. Language contact Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Choco languages due to contact. Varieties Mason lists the following names as Coche (Mocoa) varieties. *Sebondoy *Quillacinga *Patoco Phonology Consonants Howard and O'Brien call the retroflex phonemes in the above table retroflex, while Huber & Reed use the alveolo-palatal symbols. More specifically, Howard uses and , O'Brien uses and , and Huber & Reed use and . Vowels Huber & Reed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putumayo Department
Putumayo () is a departments of Colombia, department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa. The word ''putumayo'' comes from the Quechua languages. The verb ''p'utuy'' means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and ''mayu'' means river. Thus it means "gushing river". History Originally, the southwestern area of the department belonged to the Cofán Indians, the northwestern to the Kamëntsá, Kamentxá Indians, the central and southern areas to tribes that spoke Tukano languages (such as the Siona people, Siona), and the eastern to tribes that spoke Witoto languages. Part of the Kamentxá territory was conquered by the Inca Huayna Cápac in 1492, who, after crossing the Cofán territory, established a Quechua people, Quechua population on the valley of Sibundoy, known today as Ingas. After the Inca defeat in 1533, the region was invaded by the Spanish in 1542, and from 1547 was administered by Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |