Linguistic boundaries in the lowland of the Ecuadorian Pacific. Third Part Abstract

  • Jorge Gómez Rendón Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Keywords: pre-hispanic languages - toponymy - anthroponymy - phytonymy - Manteño-huancavilca.

Abstract

The present article expands on the analysis offered in previous contributions of ethno-historic
and onomastic evidence of the languages of the Ecuadorian coast at the beginning of the Spanish
conquest. Unlike in previous contributions, it references both the systematization and onomastic
data analysis published in ethno-historic and ethnolinguistic compilations in order to compliment
the information and compare available resources. To do this an onomastic study in some zones
of the territory assigned to Manteño-Huancavilca culture is referred to. The results of the
study confirm the presence of a Barbacoano or “Colorado” linguistic substratum in the south
central of the coastline and its immediate hinterland, which in some cases appears mixed with the
Esmeraldeña (non-classified) language’s onomastics and a linguistic entity related to the Puruha-
Cañari culture. The Babarcoano migration model allows the interpretation of the results of this
work and of previous contributions in a coherent manner, however provisionally, leaving pending
for future research the rescue and analysis of pre-Hispanic onomastics that reside in archives
and in the oral memory of communities.

Published
2021-09-01
How to Cite
Gómez Rendón, J. (2021). Linguistic boundaries in the lowland of the Ecuadorian Pacific. Third Part Abstract. Antropología Cuadernos De Investigación, (24), 12-45. https://doi.org/10.26807/ant.vi24.260