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Charruan languages
The Charruan languages are an extinct group of languages once spoken in Uruguay and the Argentine province of Entre Rios. Four languages are considered to definitively belong to the Charruan language family:
Balomar
Chana
Charrua
Guenoa
A number of unattested languages are also presumed to belong to the Charruan family:
Bohane - spoken near Maldonado, Uruguay
Calchine - spoken in Santa Fe Province, Argentina, along the Salado River
Caracana - spoken along the Caracana River, Santa Fe
Chana-Mbegua or Begua - spoken on the Parana River between Crespo and Victoria
Colastine - spoken in Santa Fe Province near Colastine
Coronda - spoken in Coronda, Santa Fe Province
Guaiquiare - spoken in Entre Rios on the Arroyo Guaiquirare
Mocoreta or Macurenda or Mocolete - spoken along the Mocoreta River in Entre Rios
Pairindi - spoken in Entre Rios from Corrientes to the Feliciano River
Timbu - spoken in Gaboto, Santa Fe Province
Yaro - spoken in Uruguay between the Rio Negro and the San Salvador River
Vocabulary Comparison
The Charruan languages are poorly attested. However, sufficient vocabulary has been gathered for the languages to be compared:
Genetic Relations
Morris Swadesh includes Charruan along with Matacoan languages, Guaicuruan, and Mascoian within his Macro-Mapuche stock.
Kaufman (1990) suggests that the Guaicuruan-Matacoan-Charruan-Mascoyan-Lule-Vilela proposal deserves to be explored a grouping which he calls Macro-Waikuruan. Kaufman's (1994) Macro-Waikuruan proposal excludes Lule-Vilela.
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