Zamucoan languages
Language family of Paraguay and Bolivia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zamucoan (also Samúkoan) is a small language family of Paraguay (northeast Chaco) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department).
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Samúkoan | |
Geographic distribution | Paraguay and Bolivia |
Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
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Glottolog | zamu1243 |
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The family has hardly been studied by linguists (as of Adelaar & Muysken 2004), although several studies have recently appeared (see: Bertinetto 2009, 2010, 2013; Ciucci 2007/08, 2009, 2010a, 2010b, 2013a, 2013b). Recent studies show that the Zamucoan languages are characterized by a rare syntactic configuration which is called para-hypotaxis, where coordination and subordination are used simultaneously to connect clauses (Bertinetto & Ciucci 2012).