Andaqui language

Not to be confused with the Andoque language, also of Colombia.

Andaqui (or Andaki) is an extinct language from the southern highlands of Colombia. It has been linked to the Paezan or Barbacoan languages, but no connections have been demonstrated. It was spoken by the Andaqui people of Colombia.

Andaqui
Jirara
Native to	Colombia
Region	southern highlands
Ethnicity	Andaqui people
Extinct	by 1970s[1]
Language family	Paezan? Barbacoan ? Andaqui
Dialects	Timaná Yalcon/Cabmi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ana
Glottolog	anda1286

Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Paez, Chibcha (also proposed by Rivet 1924^[2]), and Tinigua-Pamigua due to contact.^[3]

Varieties

Other unattested varieties possibly related to Andaqui that are listed by Loukotka (1968):^[4]

• Timaná – once spoken on the Magdalena River and Guarapas River around the city of Timaná.
• Yalcon / Cambi – once spoken between the Magdalena River and La Plata River.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.^[4]

gloss	Andaquí
one	guhigo
two	nashihishe
ear	sun-guaxo
tongue	shonaé
hand	sakaá
foot	soguapaná
water	xixi
stone	guatihi
maize	kike
fish	nengihi
house	kogo

See also

• Macro-Paesan languages

Further reading

• Coronas Urzúa, G. (1994). Análisis Fonológico de la lengua Andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 20:69-98.
• Coronas Urzúa, G. (1995). El lexico de la lengua andaquí. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 21:79-113.