Tequiraca language
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Tequiraca language
Not to be confused with Aushiri language or Huaorani language.
| Tequiraca | |
|---|---|
| Abishira | |
| Spoken in | Peru |
| Native speakers | a few (date missing) |
| Language family |
Tequiraca–Canichana?
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ash |
Tequiraca (Tekiráka), also known as Abishira (Avishiri)*, is a language spoken in Peru. In 1925 there were between 50 and 80 speakers in Puerto Elvira on Lake Vacacocha (connected with the Napo River). It had been presumed extinct some time in the mid 20th century, but in 2010 a few speakers or semi-speakers were found.
The little data available show it to not be closely related to other languages, though a distant connection to Canichana was proposed by Kaufman (1994).
*Other spellings are Auishiri, Agouisiri, Avirxiri, Abiquira, Abigira; it has also been called Ixignor and Vacacocha.
Sources
- Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In Language Documentation & Conservation, v 4, p 183 [1]
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: AWSHIRI[2]
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