Amadeo García García
Amadeo García García | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Known for | Last speaker of Taushiro |
Amadeo García García (born c. 1949, Gómez Caño) is a Taushiro man who is the last speaker of the Taushiro language, a language isolate.[1] In June 2015, he was residing in "Intuto on the Tigre River in the northeastern Peruvian region of Loreto." Zachary O’Hagan did targeted field work with him on topics such as ethnohistory, genealogy, sociocultural practices, lexicon, and grammar.[2]
As of December 2017 government linguists from Peru's Ministry of Culture, working with Amadeo, have created a database of 1,500 Taushiro words, 27 stories, and three songs.[3]
References
- ↑ O’Hagan, Zachary (2023-01-16), "22 Taushiro", in Epps, Patience; Michael, Lev (eds.), Language Isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré, De Gruyter, pp. 995–1028, doi:10.1515/9783110432732-009, ISBN 978-3-11-043273-2, retrieved 2026-02-01
- ↑ O’Hagan, Zachary (November 17, 2015). "Taushiro and the Status of Language Isolates in Northwest Amazonia" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Fieldwork Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ↑ Casey, Nicholas (December 26, 2017). "Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He's the Only One". The New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2017.