Aguano is the extinct language of the Aguano people of Peru. Loukotka (1968) identified it with Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano people spoke Quechua (Wise 1987). However, Steward (1946) notes that the Aguano had adopted Quechua soon after the Conquest and that their original language is unclassified.Julian Steward (1946) Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3, p. 271, 558 More recently, Campbell & Grondona (2012) leave Aguano unclassified due to lack of attestation.Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012. The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. According to Glottolog, the language is Arawakan.
Names and varieties Alternate spellings are Uguano, Aguanu, Awano; it has also been called Santa Crucino.
Mason (1950) listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper (including Seculusepa/Chilicawa and Melikine/Tivilo), Cutinana, and Maparina.Mason, J. Alden. 1950. The languages of South America. In: Julian Steward (ed.), Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 6, 157–317. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143.) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Schematically, these can be summarized as:
Aguano Aguano proper Seculusepa (Chilicawa) Melikine (Tivilo) Cutinana Maparina
References
External links OLAC resources in and about the Aguano language