| Aguano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | 40 Aguano families in Santa Cruz de Huallaga[1] |
| Extinct | 16th century[1] |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aga |
| Glottolog | agua1251 |
Aguano is the extinct language of the Aguano people of Peru. Loukotka (1968)[2] identified it with Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano people spoke Quechua (Wise 1987). However, Steward (1946) notes that the Aguano had adopted Quechua soon after the Conquest and that their original language is unclassified.[3] More recently, Campbell & Grondona (2012) leave Aguano unclassified due to lack of attestation.[4]
- ^ a b Aguano at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Julian Steward (1946) Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3, p. 271, 558
- ^ Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012. The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
