Cacán language

Varieties

Loukotka (1968)

• Diaguit - extinct language once spoken by many tribes in the Argentine province of Catamarca. All the survivors are now Quechuanized. Dialects, all extinct:
• *Quilme - once spoken by the Quilmes people, originally from neighboring Tucumán Province, later relocated to the city of Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province
• *Yocabil - once spoken in Catamarca in the Yocabil Valley.
• *Andalgalá - once spoken around the city of Andalgalá, Catamarca.
• *Abaucan or Tinogasta - once spoken in the Abaucán Valley, Catamarca.
• *Pasipa - once spoken in the Vicioso Valley, Catamarca.
• *Ancasti - once spoken in the Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca.
• *Hualfin - once spoken in the Hualfin Valley, Catamarca.
• *Famatina - once spoken in the province of La Rioja in the Famatina Valley.
• *Caringasta - once spoken Calingasta in the Anguco Valley, San Juan province.
• *Sanogasta - once spoken in the province of La Rioja in the Sanogasta Valley.
• *Calian or Mocalingasta - once spoken in La Rioja province in the valley of Guadacol.
• *Sanagasta - once spoken in the Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja province.
• *Musitian - once spoken in La Rioja province in the Sierra de los Llanos.
• *Nolongasta - once spoken in the Chilecito Valley, La Rioja province.
• Calchaqui or Cacan or Tocaque - extinct language once spoken in Salta province, in the Quimivil and Santa María Valleys. Dialects are:
• *Guachipa - once spoken in Salta Valley.
• *Tolombon or Pacioca - once spoken in the province of Tucumán in the Tolombon Valley.
• *Amaicha - once spoken in the Sierra de Aconquija, Tucumán province.
• *Tucumán or Tukma - once spoken around the city of Tucumán.
• *Soleo - once spoken in Tucumán province north of the Tucumán tribe.
• Cupayana or Capayana - extinct language once spoken in San Juan and La Rioja provinces.
• Amaná - once spoken around the city of Amaná, La Rioja province.
• Chicoana or Pulare - once spoken in Salta Province in the Lerma Valley.
• Indama or Ambargasta - once spoken north of Salinas Grandes, Santiago del Estero province.
• Copiapó - once spoken around the city of Copiapó in the province of Atacama, Chile.

Mason (1950)

Vocabulary

• Ao, hao, ahao — house
• Gasta — town
• Kakanchik — name of a deity apparently of fertility
• Titakin — lord and king
• Zupka — altar, place of sacrifice.

• enxam — head
• ma — water
• tutu — fire
• fil — sun
• ki — tree
• hua — maize.