| Waicuri | |
|---|---|
| Guaicurian Guaycura | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Baja California |
| Ethnicity | Guaycura |
| Era | last attested 1768 |
unclassified (Guaicurian) | |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qjg Guaicura (Waikura, Waykuri) | |
qea Waicuri (Waicuru) | |
qny Cora (Huchití) | |
| Glottolog | guai1237 Guaicurianmonq1236 Monqui |
 The location of Guaycura. Monqui and Pericú are essentially unattested; Cochimí, which is also extinct, is a Yuman language. | |
Waikuri (Guaycura, Waicura) is an extinct language of southern Baja California spoken by the Waikuri or Guaycura people. The Jesuit priest Baegert documented words, sentences and texts in the language between 1751 and 1768.
Waikuri may be, along with the Yukian and Chumashan languages and other languages of southern Baja such as Pericú, among the oldest languages established in California, before the arrival of speakers of Penutian, Uto-Aztecan, and perhaps even Hokan languages. All are spoken in areas with long-established populations of a distinct physical type.[1]
- ^ Golla, Victor. (2011). California Indian Languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-5202-6667-4