Waitaká language

Extinct unclassified language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Waitaká language

Waitaká (Guaitacá, Goyatacá, Goytacaz) is an extinct language of Brazil,[1] on the São Mateus River and near Cabo de São Tomé in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Not a word of it is known. Dialects, or at least tribal divisions, were Mopi, Yacorito, Wasu, and Miri.[2] Loukotka (1968) suggests it may have been one of the Purian languages,[3] though others consider this classification "circumstantial".[1]

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Waitaká
Goytacaz
(unattested)
Native toBrazil
RegionRio de Janeiro
EthnicityGoitacá
Extinctby 18th century
Purian ?
  • Waitaká
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
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GlottologNone
  Goytacaz
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Reconstruction

Operating under the assumption that Waitaká is a Purian language, Silva Neto (2007) reconstructs some words and a phonology.[4]

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