The Chachapuya Language and Proto-Kawapanan

Lexical Affinities and Hypothetical Contact Scenarios

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ID7536769
AutoresLuis Miguel Rojas-Berscia (0000-0002-0492-9429, autor de correspondencia)
Peer ReviewedNo
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IdiomaEN
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The study of onomastics in the south of the modern region of Amazonas in the northeast of Peru has shed light on the existence of a pre-Inca language conventionally named Chacha. Unfortunately, the almost absolute lack of documentary evidence for the existence of this language obscures research on it. This linguistic region, characterised by toponyms carrying -lap, -mal, -gat, -lun, and -wala endings, coincides with the core of expansion of the pre-Inca culture of Chachapoyas. In this article I reanalyse the place names in the region. This study is based on comparative evidence involving Proto-Kawapanan, and Shawi and Shiwilu, its modern descendants from a traditional comparative perspective. I claim that most of the Chachapuya endings, as well as place names like Kuelap

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