Duho languages
Duho is a proposed language family of South America, originally consisting of two well-established genetic groupings, Hodi–Saliban and Ticuna–Yuri. This language stock was proposed by Marcelo Jolkesky, based on his previous but now disclaimed Macro-Daha stock which had also included the Andoque–Urequena languages.Prehistory
Jolkesky suggests that the homeland of Proto-Duho was in the Serranía de Chiribiquete.Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with Chibchan languages due to contact, which may point to the earlier presence of Chibchan speakers in the Orinoco basin.Classification
Internal classification of the Duho language family by Jolkesky :
;Duho
- Tikuna-Yuri
- *Karabayo: Karabayo
- *Tikuna: Tikuna
- *Yuri: Yuri †
- Saliba-Hodi
- *Hodi: Hodi
- *Saliba-Betoi
- **Betoi: Betoi †
- **Saliba-Piaroa
- ***Saliba: Saliba
- ***Piaroa-Mako
- ****Ature: Ature †
- ****Mako: Mako
- ****Piaroa: Piaroa
Pronouns
Jolkesky's Duho languages have shared forms in *ʧ for "I", *kʷ for "you" and *t for "we", which are found in all languages.Lexicon
Several basic words in Duho languages appear to be related. The following examples are given:
