Guachí (Wachí) is an extinct language isolate, possibly related to Guaicuruan, of Brazil. It is usually classified as one of the Guaicuruan languages, but the data is insufficient to demonstrate that. The people it was spoken by were Guaicuruanized.
Documentation Guachi is known only from 145 words collected by Francis de Castelnau from March to early April 1845 in the Miranda area of Argentina.Castelnau, Francis de 1850-1. Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud: de Rio de Janeiro á Lima, et de Lima au Para, executée par ordre du Gouvernement franais pendant les années 1843 á 1847. Histoire du Voyage, París: P. Bertrand, vol. 2 & 5.
Classification Viegas Barros (2004) proposes that Guachi, as well as Payaguá, may be a Macro-Guaicurúan language.Viegas Barros, José Pedro. 2004. Guaicurú no, macro-Guaicurú sí: Una hipótesis sobre la clasificación de la lengua Guachí (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil). Ms. 34pp. However, Campbell (2012) classifies Guachi as a language isolate.
Vocabulary Guachi words and affixes listed in Viegas Barros (2004):
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! no. !! Spanish gloss(original) !! English gloss(translated) !! Guachi |- | 1 || agua || water || euak |- | 2 || lago || lake || tawicha |- | 3 || estrella || star || aati |- | 4 || posiblemente día || day ? || aanau-, naau- |- | 5 || diente || tooth || iava |- | 6 || labios || lips || iapé |- | 7 || ojo || eye || iataya |- | 8 || ceja || eyebrow || iticha |- | 9 || cabeza || head || iotapa |- | 10 || hombro || shoulder || -eu (< iolai-eu) |- | 11 || cabello || hair || ioatriz |- | 12 || mentón || chin || irak |- | 13 || comer || eat || iik |- | 14 || dormir || sleep || amma |- | 15 || golpear, batir || hit, beat || sapak |- | 16 || sentarse || sit down || ineche |- | 17 || posiblemente indígena || indigenous ? || -euleuc |- | 18 || hijo || son || inna |- | 19 || dos || two || eu-echo |- | 20 || no || no || an |- | 21 || gallina || hen || wokaake |- | 22 || pipa || pipe || ouchete |- | 23 || posiblemente otra vez || again ? || -way |- | 24 || posiblemente negación léxica || negation ? || ag- |- | 25 || posiblemente posesivo de 1ª. p. sing. || 1.SG possessive ? || i- |- | 26 || posiblemente plural nominal || nominal plural ? || -i |- | 27 || posiblemente femenino || feminine ? || -jen |- | 28 || lluvia || rain || fou-é |- | 29 || calor || hot || o-outé |- | 30 || pierna || leg || iacté |- | 31 || matar || kill || outei |- | 32 || hambre || hungry || yawookta |- | 33 || anciano || old man || seera |- | 34 || demasiado || excessively || euaité |- | 35 || pez || fish || aney |- | 36 || lagartija || lizard || kaliske |- | 37 || papagayo || parrot || calicheechee |- | 38 || tucán || toucan || iacat |- | 39 || armadillo || armadillo || tatae sia |- | 40 || sable || saber || nasakanate |- | 41 || luna || moon || o-alete |- | 42 || tierra || earth || leek |- | 43 || nariz || nose || ia-note |- | 44 || pierna || leg || iacalep |- | 45 || muslo || thigh || iakamnan |- | 46 || posiblemente uno || one ? || -kailau |- | 47 || tres || three || eu-echo-kailau |- | 48 || hablar || talk || ieuech |- | 49 || cansarse || become tired || ya-weul |- | 50 || cocinar || cook || ayai |- | 51 || sufijo derivativo de significado posible ‘parecido a’ || suffix < ‘alike’ ? || -tok |- | 52 || caballo || horse || ometok |- | 53 || papagayo (Arara) || parrot (Arara) || caga |- | 54 || casa || house || poecha |- | 55 || canoa || canoe || nook |- | 56 || fusil || rifle || ta-ai |- | 57 || maza, porra || club, bludgeon || palley |- | 58 || piedra || stone || sitrat |- | 59 || frío || cold || catate |- | 60 || garganta || throat || iracheu |- | 61 || vientre || belly || iet |- | 62 || leche || milk || lachouway |- | 63 || mano || hand || -mason (< iolaimason) |- | 64 || morder || bite || apa-eu
Castelnau (1850) The following vocabulary is taken from Castelnau's wordlist published in 1850. +French gloss(original)English gloss(translated)GuachíDieuGodyathleinDiabledeviloetchoHommemanchacupFemmewomanoutiéFilssoninnaFilledaughterunajenTête headiotapaCheveuxhairioatrizFrontforeheadiatapoleŒileyeiatayaCilseyelashitichaNeznoseianotéUnonetamakDeuxtwoeu-echoTroisthreeeu-echo-kailauQuatrefoureu-echo-way Cinqfivelocalau
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