Vol. 5, n. 2: Tessmann's <Nokam=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E1n=3E=3A_?=a linguistic investigation of a mysterious Panoan group (Zariquiey Biondi 2013)

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Tessmann's <Nokamán>: a linguistic investigation of a mysterious Panoan group

Roberto Zariquiey Biondi

This paper offers the first linguistic examination of Günter
Tessmann's <Nokamán> lexicon published in 1930. The analysis presented
here reveals that what Tessmann referred to as the <Nokamán> language
is actually a dialect of Cashibo-Cacataibo, a Panoan language spoken
in Peru. In addition, the available data will be used to determine the
position of <Nokamán> within the dialectology of the Cashibo-Cacataibo
language, revealing a remarkable similarity between the linguistic
variety described by Tessmann and the dialect of Cashibo-Cacataibo
spoken on the San Alejandro River. The claim of the identity of
Tessmann's supposedly extinct <Nokoman> as the modern San Alejandro
dialect of Cashibo-Cacataibo is argued based on both lexical and
phonological evidence. A discussion of the possible etymology of the
term <Nokamán>, which has so far remained enigmatic, as well as other
ethno-historical clues that support the claims presented here, are
also offered.

http://www.etnolinguistica.org/issue:vol5n2

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