Guaicuruan languages
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The Guaicuruan languages are a small family of indigenous languages historically spoken by hunter-gatherer and semi-nomadic peoples of the Gran Chaco region in South America, primarily in parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guaicuruan languages canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous languages of the Americas
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealContactWith |
Guaycuru-speaking groups (historical neighbors)
ⓘ
Matacoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroups |
Abipón people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kadiweu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mocoví people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilagá people NERFINISHED ⓘ Toba Qom people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as a distinct family ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | unevenly documented across languages ⓘ |
| familyColor | Guaicuruan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
border areas of Brazil
ⓘ
northern Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ western Paraguay ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Abipón
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kadiweu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mocoví NERFINISHED ⓘ Payaguá (often classified here or nearby) ⓘ Pilagá NERFINISHED ⓘ Toba Qom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEconomyOfSpeakers |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
semi-nomadic pastoralism and raiding ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | historically spoken in Gran Chaco ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
several languages endangered
ⓘ
some languages extinct ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Chaco linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
Kadiweu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mocoví NERFINISHED ⓘ Toba Qom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountriesToday |
Argentina
GENERATED
ⓘ
Brazil GENERATED ⓘ Paraguay GENERATED ⓘ |
| region | Gran Chaco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | American indigenous linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Gran Chaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusOfFamily | small language family ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Mataco–Guaicuru (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian origin ⓘ |
| typicalSpeakers |
hunter-gatherer peoples
ⓘ
semi-nomadic peoples ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for some modern languages) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.