Chaná language

Chaná
Native to Uruguay
Extinct early 20th century
(one semi-speaker 2005)
Charruan
  • Chaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
qsi (confused with Dugun)
Glottolog chan1296[1]

Chaná, is an extinct Charruan language that was once spoken in Uruguay along the Uruguay and Paraná-Guazú rivers.[2]

Chaná is poorly attested. There exists a short grammar by Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga[3] and a few wordlists. In 2005 a semi-speaker of Chaná language was found.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chaná". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  3. ↑ Larrañaga, Dámaso Antonio (1923). "Compendio del idioma de la nación chaná". Escritos de D. Dámaso A. Larrañaga. III. Montevideo: Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Imprenta Nacional. pp. 163–174.
  4. ↑ La Nación, "Investigan los orígenes de una extraña lengua indígena" 2005/July/01
  5. ↑ "El último hablante de chaná, una lengua que se creía extinguida desde hace un siglo"


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