Comecrudan languages

The Comecrudo languages ​​(English Comecrudan languages) were a three- languages ​​language family in America that were spoken in the U.S. state of Texas and in Mexico at the mouth of the Rio Grande. All languages ​​have become extinct since the 19th century, and the only available sources are created by missionaries word lists whose quality falls far short of today's standards in language description. Therefore, the knowledge of the grammar of Comecrudo languages ​​is very limited.

The term Comecrudo languages ​​is of Spanish origin, and was originally pejorative ( " raw eaters" ).

Structure

History of classification

The existence of Comecrudo languages ​​as a genetic unit was only established by Goddard (1979 ) and is commonly referred to as secured. Earlier authors ( Swanton (1915 ) and Sapir (1920 ) ) calculated for the corresponding to the Comecrudo languages ​​languages ​​other language families, in particular for Coahuiltekischen and the Hokan languages.