Guaicaro language
# Guaicaro language

Guaicaro (Guaïcaro) is an extinct, unclassified language of Patagonia known only from a 19-word list and personal names.

The Guaicaro people apparently lived on the Brunswick Peninsula, bordering the Tehuelche to their northeast in around Laguna Blanca.

The Guaicaros (also rendered Guaïkaros, Guaicurúes, Huacurúes) were apparently the same people known as the Huemules (Güemules) and Supalios.

## Classification

It is only known from personal names and a list of 19 words elicited using gestures from the last documented speaker, a medicine man living among the Tehuelche, and published in 1896. Most of the words can be explained as Central Alacaluf or Tawókser (or both), though mer 'arm' appears to come from Chon.

## Vocabulary

Word list of Guaicaro documented by Ramón Lista (1896):

    Spanish glossEnglish glossGuaicaro fuegofirecharcuish vientowindlefeskar nubecloudarkayeta hombremanpellieri mujerwomanesnatun ojoseyestêl ó téel bocamouthasfjestail nariznosehuicharek cabezaheadhurkúar perrodogshalki pescadofishyaulchel leñafirewoodkekásh manohandteregua dedofingerfol karjk brazoarmmerr dientesteethlefeskar pelohairtercóf cantarsinglektan llorarcryetkastal
