| Arazaire–Arasa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Department of Madre de Dios |
| Ethnicity | Arazaire |
| Era | attested 1906 |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | araz1236 |
Arazaire andArasa are a pair of closely related languages of uncertain affiliation, within thePano-Tacanan languages.[1][2]
These have been claimed to be eitherPanoan orTakanan, or Takanan with Panoan words. Campbell (2012) says they are too poorly attested to classify. However, Fleck (2013) classifies them definitely in the Madre de Dios branch of Panoan, and says that the confusion is due to a second, Takanan language that also went by the namesArazaire andArasa; a similar naming problem has caused confusion with its close relativeYamiaka. The nameArasairi has been used for yet another language, a dialect of the language isolateHarakmbut.
Loukotka (1968) usesArazaire for the Panoan language andArasa for the Takanan language.[3] The names both derive from the Arasa river.[4]
| gloss | various Panoan | Arazaire ("Panoan") | Arasa ("Takanan") |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | huari | fuari | huári |
| one | nunchina | nonchina | |
| two | buta | béta | |
| head | mashashue | é-osha | |
| water | éna, xéne, etc. | humapasha | éna |
| maize | hoki | shishe | |
| house | shopo, shobo | so:po |
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