Bagua language

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Bagua
Patagón de Bagua
Native toPeru
RegionMarañón River basin
Extinct(date missing)
Cariban ?
  • (unclassified)
    • Bagua
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologbagu1249
  Bagua

Bagua (Patagón de Bagua) is an extinct unclassified language, formerly spoken in the Marañón River basin in Peru. It is thought to be related to the Cariban languages, in particular the equally poorly attested Patagón.

Bagua is attested by three words, tuna 'water', lancho 'maize', nacxé 'come here'.[1] Tuna 'water' suggests it may be a Cariban language, like Patagón de Perico, but is insufficient evidence for classification.[2]

References

  1. Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-04-18
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bagua". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.