Paezan languages

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Paezan (also Páesan, Paezano) is a family of languages spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Family division

Paezan consists of 4 languages.

I. Andaqui

1. Andaqui (a.k.a. Andakí) (†)

II. Paezan proper

2. Paez (a.k.a. Nasa Yuwe, Paes, Paisa)
3. Panzaleo (a.k.a. Pansaleo, Latacunga, Quito) (†)

III. Coconuco (a.k.a. Cauca)

4. Coconuco (a.k.a. Kokonuko)

† Andaqui and Panzaleo are now extinct.

The Paezan family may be related to the Barbacoan languages; however, Curnow (1998) shows how much of this speculation is based on misinterpretation of an old document of Douay (1888). Other more speculative larger groupings involving Paezan include the Macro-Paesan "cluster", the Macro-Chibchan stock, and the Chibchan-Paezan stock.

Some researchers (Gordon [2005], Matteson [1972], Fabre [2005]) place Nasa Yuwe as an isolated language. In general terms, three main theories about linguistic classification of Paez are held by the researchers: 1) Nasa Yuwe and Guambian would form a single group; 2) That sed would be part of a larger Chibchan macrophyle; or 3) Similarities between Guambian and Páez can be explained by geographical vicinity, but they are not related. Matteson's 1972 comparison of Páez and Guambian vocuabularies shows just a 5.2% overlap. Same author has shown also that comparisons between Páez and Arawak, Quechua and Protochibchan evidence greater similarities: respectively 16.9, 11.8 and 14.5%.

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