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Extinct language of South America ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Urequena
Arequena, Uerequena, Urekena
Native toPutumayo River (in Colombia, Peru, or Brazil)
Extinctattested from 1831
Language familyAndoque–Urequena
  • Urequena
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologurek1234

The extinct Urequena language (also Urekena or Arequena) is language variety that is closely related to Andoque. It is known only from an unpublished word list by Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer that was probably recorded in June or July 1831.

Vocabulary

The table below adapted from Jolkesky (2016) shows similarities between Urequena and Andoque. The Urequena (Uerequena, Arequena, Orelhudos) data is from an undated 19-century manuscript by Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer. Natterer gives the Içá River (or Putumayo River) as the location of the language.

English gloss
(translated)
Portuguese gloss
(Jolkesky 2016)
Urequena
(transcription)
Urequena
(IPA)
Andoque
1.S (I) 1.S no-, nö- no-, nə- no-, o-
3.S.INDEF 3.S.INDEF ni-, in- ni-, in- ni-, i-
1.P (we) 1.P kau- kau- ka(a)-
water água da u koü daukʷɯ dʌʉhʉ
bow arco bàarù baaru pãhã-se
banana banana kòka-rè kɔka-ræ kɒkɒ-pɤ
arm braço -nùka -nũka -nõka
head cabeça -nari -nari -tai:
canoe canoa pau kö paukə pukə̃
rain chuva da oié dawiæ dɤʔi
finger dedo -ni-rui -ni-rui -si-domĩ
tooth dente -konì -konĩ -kónĩ
stomach estômago -tuu -tuː -tura
star estrela vuai kùi βuaikui fʉəkhʉ
tongue língua -tschoru -ʧoru -sonə̃
axe machado föü ɸəɯ pʌʌ
maize milho schuu ʃuu soboi
nose nariz -vüta -βɯta -pɤta
eye olho -jakoü -jakoɯ -ákʌ
calf, lower leg pantorrilha -va -βa -pã ‘perna’ ("leg")
leg perna -va-tana -βa-tana -pã ‘perna’ ("leg"); -tanə̃ ‘osso’ ("bone")
net rede kooma͠n koːmã komə̃
nail unha govü-tarü ɡoβɯ-tarɯ -si-kopɤ

See also

References

  1. Johann Natterer's Linguistic Heritage Archived 2020-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Johann Natterer and the Amazonian languages.
  3. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  4. Alem do Brazil - Johann Natterer e as coleções etnográficas da expedição austríaca de 1817 a 1835 ao Brasil Archived 2024-05-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. The Ethnographic Collection of Johann Natterer Archived 2022-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
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