Huachipaeri language

Huachipaeri is a native language official in the area of its use in Perú. It is also known as Huachipaire, Wacipaire, and the derogatory: "Mashco".[3] Closely related dialects include Arasairi, Toeyeri and Sapiteri.[4]

Huachipaeri
Native toPerú
EthnicityHuachipaeri people (1,620 all Harákmbut, 2007)[1]
Native speakers
310 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hug
Glottologhuac1244[2]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Toyeri (another name for Huachipaeri).[5]

glossToyeri
oneunchinda
twobotta
threebaʔpa
toothua-ít
tongueua-no
handua-mba
womanuaxet
watermeei
firetáʔak
moonpöxen
maizesinke
jaguarapane
housexahak

Notes

  1. Huachipaeri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Huachipaeri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Ethnologue report for language code:hug
  4. Glottolog 4.2.1
  5. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.


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