Waitaká language
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| Waitaká | |
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| Goytacaz | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rio de Janeiro |
| Ethnicity | Goitacá |
| Extinct | by 18th century |
Purian ?
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
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| Glottolog | None |
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Waitaká (Guaitacá, Goyatacá, Goytacaz) is an extinct language of Brazil,[1] on the São Mateus River and near Cabo de São Tomé in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Not a word of it is known. Dialects, or at least tribal divisions, were Mopi, Yacorito, Wasu, and Miri.[2] Loukotka (1968) suggests it may have been one of the Purian languages,[3] though others consider this classification "circumstantial".[1]
Although extinct, the Goytacaz language is traditionally associated with the origin of the toponym Macaé, which is believed to have derived from the term miquié, meaning "river of catfish" in that language.[4]
Reconstruction
Operating under the assumption that Waitaká is a Purian language, Miraldi (2025) reconstructs some words and a phonology.[5]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prefeitura Municipal de Macaé". macae.rj.gov.br (in português). Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Estudo Reconstrutivo Waitaká | PDF | Linguística | Famílias linguísticas". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
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