Sanavirón language
| Sanavirón | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Region | Salinas Grandes |
| Ethnicity | Sanavirones |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified (isolate?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | sana1301 |
.svg.png) Map of the Sanavirón language | |
Sanavirón is an extinct and unclassified language once spoken near the Salinas Grandes in Córdoba, Argentina. Loukotka (1968)[1] classified it as a language isolate, but there is insufficient data to justify this according to Campbell (2012, 2024).[2][3] Previous classifications have linked it with Comechingón, Cacán, or Lule–Vilela.[4] Despite its status as a lengua general during the Spanish colonial administration, very little is known of it, only about six or seven words.[5][3]
Vocabulary
Some words in Sanavirón:[6][7]
gloss Sanavirón pueblo[a] sacat chief charaba algarrobo tolo water para irrigation ditch mampa house of the sun sololosta
Some roots with unknown meaning:[7]
Sanavirón ascon, asco talaló[b] bilis camin, cami quili, quilo cala ani cavi chin, sin canta guanu
It was also documented that the word Comechingón meant 'subterranean caves' in Sanaviron and segmented as come chingon.[7]
Notes
References
- ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ↑ Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
- 1 2 Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Unclassified and Spurious Languages", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 280–338, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0005, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-09-23
- ↑ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians (PDF). Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Alexander Francis (1910). "Sur quelques familles linguistiques peu connues ou presques inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud". Journal de la société des américanistes. 7 (1): 179–202. doi:10.3406/jsa.1910.3579.
- ↑ Cabrera, Pablo (1929). Los aborigenes del pais de Cuyo ... (in Spanish). la Universidad.
- 1 2 3 Serrano, Antonio (1944). "EL IDIOMA DE LOS COMECHINGONES y SANAVIRONES" (PDF). Boletin de la Academia Argentina de Letras.