The Elements of the Grammar of the Ckunza Language of San Pedro de Atacama; [Los elementos de la gramática de la lengua ckunza de San Pedro de Atacama]
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
University of Atacama
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.syp41.eglc
Abstract
The Ckunza of the Lickan Antai people inhabiting Chile, Bolivia and Argentina has been declared extinct. However, it is argued that reconstructing the elements of the grammar could facilitate its revitalization. This paper seeks to account for these elements in the ckunza of San Pedro de Atacama. To this end, a review of the phonetic, phonological, lexical, semantic, morphological and syntactic elements of the Amerindian language will be provided. This analysis also informs about the agglutinative characteristic of Ckunza. The corpus of this research comes from the samples collected by the pioneers in its study. The aim of this review is to show the grammar of Ckunza, since its reconstitution will provide the rules that will allow the creation of new sentences that will contribute to its revitalization. © 2022 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. All rights reserved.


