Moca moca sara sara quftyuy iquitos apuntes gramaticales 35 c. A print copy of this thesis is available through the uo libraries. Spanish and yagua in amazonian peru this study examines measures of prosodic timing i. Mcquown, the indigenous languages of latin america, american anthropologist, lvii 1955, 5542. In 1754, tribal dissensions resulted in the murder of the resident missionary, fr. Information about the sound inventory and the morphology of the protosystem is provided and discussed based on comparisons of all three varieties. For many of the other languages cited, i do not have adequate informa tion on the range of items with which particular classifiers may be used. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. The yagua language is the only surviving language of the pebayagua linguistic family. This is seen in the use of classifiers to derive new nouns from a variety. Site is hosted in houston, tx, 77002, united states and links to network ip. The peruvian amazon is currently experiencing a new oil exploration boom, with an unprecedented extension of concessions. All prayer cards 2 or unreached only prayer cards 1 prayer cards are formatted eight to a page.
Noun classification in the western amazon sciencedirect. The files will likely be an unorganized mess for some time, but theres lots in here. Get a detailed look at the language, from population to dialects and usage. Publications, fonts and computer tools for language development, translation and research. The progress scale is derived from people group values for percent evangelical and percent christian adherent. Palatalization portmanteaus in yagua pebayaguan sil. Peba and masamae became extinct in the early 20th century while yameo was last spoken in the 1960s. English translation of yagua the official collins spanishenglish dictionary online.
The yagua language is the only surviving language of the peba yagua linguistic family. If you are using internet explorer or firefox, you must have the most recent version to use ebsmybenefits. English translation of yagua collins spanishenglish. In 1735 or 1736 the jesuit father singler of the omagua mission with a few indian companions reached the main mission of the caumari and later that of the peba, who received him with good will and presented him with their most precious gifts, viz. The name yagua is of unknown but definitely foreign origin and first appears in jesuit sources of the eighteenth century. Descargue como doc, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Pdf the reconcavotucanojatoba rift consists of a series of asymmetric grabens which are.
The yagua language is a branch of the peba yaguan language family. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Oil frontiers and indigenous resistance in the peruvian. Yagua pebayaguan, northern peru university of oregon. The yagua peba yaguan classifier system shows a number of structural isomorphisms with borawitotoan classifier systems.
The app will download the audio from the web the first time the chapter is played. Basement control and transfer tectonics in the reconcavotucano. A few distant communities were still largely monolingual, and. Houston,texas 77030 7 6394629 get directions offering varies by location. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. All journal articles featured in iword vol 18 issue. There are two possible etymologies for the term yagua, both of which originate outside the yagua language. According the to the data over at glottolog, on the socalled american continent, there are. This is the main category of the yagua language information about yagua. As of 2005, it appears that a few speakers may have migrated across the peruviancolombian border near the town of leticia. In this thesis, a reconstruction of protopebayagua is attempted using the comparative method. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.
Caguachi, cahunari, caumari, cauwachi, cavachi, jawa, llawa, nihamwo, peba, pehua, peva, yahua, zawa orientation identification. If you do not, portions of the website may not display or may function improperly. Powlison and powlison 1958 give an excellent discussion of the yagua noun classification in the western amazon 41 number system. By the end of the 20th century, there were about 6,000 speakers of the language.
Currently, they live near the amazon, napo, putumayo and yavari rivers and their tributaries. Yagua is the only pebayaguan language which has received substantive documentation. Over 100,000 english translations of spanish words and phrases. Huitoto, jibaro, pano, pebayagua, quechua, romance, sin clasificacion, tacana, tucano, tupiguarani, uro. First, the quechua term yawar meaning blood or the color of blood, is a likely possibility due to the yagua custom of painting their faces with achiote, the blood red seeds of the annatto.
To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy. Peba awards contract for basic and supplemental long term disability insurance. The yagua data included in this paper is from my own field notes. There is extremely little documentation of yameo and peba, both of which. Results show that proto peba yagua had at least the consonants p, t, k, m, n. Results show that proto pebayagua had at least the consonants p, t, k, m, n. Paul rivet left written documentation of an obviously related language peba, but yagua is now the only extant langauge of the pebayaguan family. The yagua pebayaguan classifier system shows a number of structural isomorphisms with borawitotoan classifier systems. I yagua is classified as a major division of the peba yaguan language family by norman a. At that time, a majority of yagua individuals were bilingual in both spanish and the yagua language.
Yagua peba yaguan, northern peru the yagua people ca. The yagua tribe was once concentrated in the northeast corner of peru but is now scattered from the brazilian border to positions on. Hmns at yagua community on yanamono island, south of napo r. The joshua project progress scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. For our lexical comparison, we created lexical lists for protocariban, protowitotoan, yagua and andoke, for both greenbergs 143 putative etymologies and for the swadesh 100 list. Full text of dictionario yagua see other formats 2. Yagua definition is a puerto rican palm roystonea borinqueana that resembles the royal palm.
Yagua is a unique language and linguists have been fascinated by its distinctive. As of 2005, some yagua have migrated northward to colombia. The pebayaguan language family also yaguan, peban, yawan is located in the northwestern amazon, but today yagua is the only remaining spoken. The other languages, peba, masamae and yameo, are extinct languages. Based on full personmarking paradigms for protocariban, yagua, bora and andoke, we conclude that greenbergs morphological claims are unfounded. A historical reconstruction of the pebayaguan linguistic. A puerto rican boy living in new york makes his first trip to puerto rico where. The purpose of this paper is to present the phonological structuring of a yagua1 folktale, especially the suprahierarchical structure and the levels of the.