Guachi language


Guachí is an extinct, apparently Guaicuruan language of Argentina. It is usually classified as one of the Guaicuruan languages, but the data is insufficient to demonstrate that.

Documentation

Guachi is known only from 145 words collected by Francis de Castelnau from March to early April of 1845 in the Miranda area of Argentina.

Classification

Viegas Barros proposes that Guachi, as well as Payaguá, may be a Macro-Guaicurúan language. However, Campbell classifies Guachi as a language isolate.

Vocabulary

Guachi words and affixes listed in Viegas Barros :