Abstract

RED, Micaela Carrera de la. PHONOLOGY OF WESTERN TUCANO IN A MISSIONARY VOCABULARY OF THE ECUATO-COLOMBIAN GEOGRAPHICAL DOMAIN (18TH CENTURY). Lingüística [online]. 2020, vol.36, n.2, pp.51-69.  Epub Nov 09, 2020. ISSN 2079-312X.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2079-312x.20200014.

This article analyzes the phonology of the Amazonian language described in a Vocabulary resulting from the missionary action of the Franciscan Fathers from the convent of Quito in the basins of the Putumayo and Caquetá rivers throughout the 18th century. It is based on the multiethnic and multilingual character of the indigenous population of the current Equatorial-Colombian area. It is hypothesized that the Vocabulary includes a "general language" that would facilitate communication between different nations of Indians. The traits are extracted from the graphemic analysis of two manuscripts of the Vocabulary put in connection with the phonological functions that are assigned to graphic variants and graphemes in studies on Amazonian languages. Among the conclusions, it is highlighted that each of the two manuscripts of the Vocabulary reflects a different proportion of phonological features. In the so-called Ms-RAH, the presence of phonological features from the Siona language is greater, while in the so-called Ms-BNC the traits coming from the koreguaje language prevail.

Keywords : Western Tucano; graphemics; contrastive phonology; missionary linguistics; Equatorial-Colombian region.

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