Sechura language

Extinct unclassified language of Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sechura language

The Sechura language, also known as Sek, is an extinct language spoken in the Department of Piura of Peru, near the port of Sechura. It appears to have become extinct by the beginning of the 20th century.[1] The only documentation is that of an 1863 word list by Richard Spruce,[2] as well as a word list by Bishop Martínez Compañón (1782–1790).[3]

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Sechura
Sek
Native toPeru
RegionDepartment of Piura
Extinctlate 19th century?[1]
Sechura–Catacao?
Dialects
  • Sek
  • ?Olmos
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qfi
Glottologsech1236
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Classification

Sechura is too poorly known to be definitively classified. Kaufman notes that a connection between Sechura and the Catacaoan languages is likely and is supported by lexical evidence.[4]

Sek family

Rivet groups Sechura and Tallán together under the same Sek when he compares them to the Catacaoan languages.[5] In comparing word lists from Sechura and Tallán, Torero finds six likely cognates between the two:[6]

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Tallán Sechura
water xoto tujut river
son/daughter ños-ma ños-ñi son/daughter
light yura yoro sun
beach coyu roro roro sea
woman cucatama cuctum woman
fish xuma jum fish
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However, Glottolog says the data is not compelling.

Vocabulary

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Martínez Compañón (1782-1790)

Below are sample Sechura words from a manuscript (currently held in Madrid) by Bishop Martínez Compañón (1782-1790).[3] There is another copy of the manuscript currently held in Bogotá, which Urban (2019) considers to be less reliable and not the original.[7]

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‘man’succla; sucda (?)
‘heart’chusiopunma
‘father’jàchi
‘sister’bapueñi
‘moon’ñangru
‘trunk’fucù
‘grass’unñiòcòl
‘rain’purir
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Spruce (1863)

Below is Richard Spruce's 1863 Sechura word list as transcribed by Matthias Urban (2015).[8] Some transcriptions are uncertain, with alternative transcriptions following semicolons.

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‘man’recla
‘woman’cucatama
‘son or daughter’ñosma
‘dog’tono
‘hawk’kilkil
‘serpent’kon’mpar
‘lizard’ludac
‘fish’xuma
‘head’teuma
‘stomach’puesa
‘foot’lava
‘eye’uchi
‘nose’chuna
‘mouth’collo
‘hearing’tapa; fapa
‘water’xoto
‘light’yura
‘maize’llumash
‘sweet potato’chapru
‘road’yuvirma
‘come here!’xoroc tima; xoroc tema
‘be quiet!’neshi
‘come along’uchan; uchau
‘no’shushca
‘yes’
‘turkey, buzzard’roncho
‘beach’coyu roro
‘cotton’sono; suno
‘devil’ñash
‘good day’amatioo
‘how are you?’ubruncuma
‘face’re
‘sea’taholma
‘pot’pillacala
‘father in law’ratichma; rutichma
‘mother in law’naminma
‘where is your husband?’xamanmi recla
‘here it is’cha
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