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Sanavirón language

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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]

NativetoArgentina
EthnicitySanavirones [es]
Extinct(date missing)
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Sanavirón
Native toArgentina
RegionSalinas Grandes
EthnicitySanavirones [es]
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified (isolate?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsana1301
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Vocabulary

Some words in Sanavirón:[6][7]

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glossSanavirón
pueblo[a] sacat
chief charaba
algarrobotolo
waterpara
irrigation ditch mampa
house of the sunsololosta
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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

  1. Not in the sense of city, but rather in that of an ayllu.
  2. A surname from the region of Ascochinga

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