Mascoian languages

Mascoian
Mascoian
Lengua-Mascoy, Toba; Enlhet–Enenlhet
Geographic; distribution	Paraguay
Linguistic classification	Mataco–Guaicuru ? Mascoian;
Subdivisions	Lengua; Maskoy;
Language codes
Glottolog	leng1261

The Mascoian languages, also known as Enlhet–Enenlhet, Lengua–Mascoy, or Chaco languages, are a small, closely related language family of Paraguay.

Languages

The languages are:^[1]

Maskoy (Toba-Maskoy)
Enxet (Southern Lengua)
Enlhet (Northern Lengua)
Kaskihá (Guaná)
Sanapaná
Angaité

Two spurious languages have been claimed in the literature: Emok and Maskoy Pidgin.

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):^[2]

Lengua-Maskoy
- Lengua: Enlhet; Enxet
- Maskoy
  - Maskoy, Southern: Angaite; Sanapana
  - Maskoy, Northern: Kaskiha; Maskoy

References

↑ Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.
↑ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.

Alain Fabre, 2005, Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo.

[1] Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes. 2003. "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña." Thule, Rivista italiana di studi americanistici 14/15: 207–231.

[Jolkesky-2016-2] Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.

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