Mascoian languages

The Mascoian languages, also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages, are a small, closely related language family of Paraguay.

Languages

The languages are:

• Maskoy (Toba-Maskoy)
• Enxet (Southern Lengua)
• Enlhet (Northern Lengua)
• Kaskihá (Guaná)
• Sanapaná
• Angaité

Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature: Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):

( = extinct)

• Lengua-Maskoy
• Lengua: Enlhet; Enxet
• Maskoy
• Maskoy, Southern: Angaite; Sanapana
• Maskoy, Northern: Kaskiha; Maskoy

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.

References

• Alain Fabre, 2005, Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo.http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=EnlhetEnenlhet.pdf