Cholón language


Cholón, also known as Seeptsá and Tsinganeses, is a recently extinct language of Peru.
It was spoken near Uchiza, from Tingo María to Valle in the Huallaga River valley of Huanuco and San Martín regions.

Phonology

Due to the amateur Spanish pronunciation spellings used to transcribe Cholon, its sound inventory is uncertain. The following is an attempt at interpreting them.
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasal
Plosive
Affricate
Fricative
Approximant

The vowels appeared to have been similar to Spanish.

Grammar

Cholon distinguishes masculine and feminine grammatical gender in the second person. That is, one used different forms for "you" depending on whether one was speaking to a man or a woman:
katsok'house'
aktsok'my house'
miktsok'your house'
piktsok'your house'
intʃamma'what did you say?'
intʃampa'what did you say?'