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Enxet
Southern Lengua
Pronunciation[eːnɬet]
Native toParaguay
Ethnicity5,840 Enxet people (2002 census)[1]
Native speakers
3,800 (2002 census)[1]
Mascoian
  • Enxet
Language codes
ISO 639-3enx
Glottologsout2989

Enxet, also known as "Lengua Ser," "Lengua," "Vowak," and "Enhlit" is one of twenty languages spoken by the Gran Chaco people of South America[2]. Enxet is isolated to Amerindians of Paraguay and belongs to the Mascoian (Demonym "Mascoian") language family. Once a dialect of the broader language lengua, Enxet (Southern Lengua) and Enhlet (Northern Lengua) diverged as extensive differences between the two were realized.

Classification

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Enxet belongs to the Mascoian language family, spoken primarily by Native Americans in the Paraguayan region of the South American Gran Chaco. The South Amerindians living in this region are referred to as Guaycuru[3].

History

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Enxet and Enhlet were once considered dialects of Lengua. They were dubbed "Southern Lengua" and "Northern Lengua," respectively[4].

The Enxet language was first documented in the late 19th century by explorers from Spain[5].

Language Contents and Structure

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Enxet contains only three phonemic vowel qualities /e,a,o/, each requiring a certain length such to maximize distinction. Bilingual speakers of Spanish and Enxet purportedly utilize shorter spacing between vowels when speaking the latter compared to the former[6].

Contemporary Issues

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The region occupied by the Enxet people is the subject of an ongoing legal dispute with the state of Paraguay.

The Enxet language and people are of interest to Anglican missionaries.

References

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  1. ^ a b ISO change request
  2. ^ Brenzinger, M. (2008). Language Diversity Endangered (1st ed.). Walter De Gruyter.
  3. ^ Campbell, L., & Grondona, V. M. (2012). The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  4. ^ Campbell, L., & Grondona, V. M. (2012). The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  5. ^ Samuel A. Lufone Quevedo. (1893). Languages of the Gran Chaco. Science, 21(524), 95-95. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1765332
  6. ^ Elliott, J. (2016). For bilinguals, Enxet vowel spaces smaller than Spanish. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America140(4), 3107-3107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4969702

Bibliography

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Brenzinger, M. (2008). Language Diversity Endangered (1st ed.). Walter De Gruyter.

Campbell, L. (2013). Language Contact and Linguistic Change in the Chaco. Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica, 5, 2nd ser., 259-292.

Campbell, L., & Grondona, V. M. (2012). The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

Cúneo, P. Ethnobiological Classification in Two Indigenous Languages of the Gran Chaco Region: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan).

Elliott, J. (2016). For bilinguals, Enxet vowel spaces smaller than Spanish. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America140(4), 3107-3107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4969702

Hammarström, H. (2014). Basic vocabulary comparison in South American languages. The Native Languages of South America: Origins, Development, Typology, 56.

Kidd, S. (1995). Land, Politics and Benevolent Shamanism: The Enxet Indians in a Democratic Paraguay. Journal Of Latin American Studies27(01), 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x00010166

Klein, H., & Stark, L. (1977). Indian Languages of the Paraguayan Chaco. Anthropological Linguistics,19(8), 378-401. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30027605

Langer, E. (2001). Peoples of the Gran Chaco. American Ethnologist28(1), 249-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.2001.28.1.249

Samuel A. Lufone Quevedo. (1893). Languages of the Gran Chaco. Science, 21(524), 95-95. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1765332