Assigned collective code [ sai ] (South American Indian (Other)) UF Maka (Paraguay)

 

Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1500
speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department
near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identification. The Maká are a group of South American Indians that used to roam in the Gran Chaco—the enormous plain that occupies part of the present-day republics of Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay—and today live in the city of Asunción del Paraguay. A suprasegmental trait distinguishing them from the rest of the inhabitants of the Chaco is that adult men and women wear their hair long without ever cutting it, even when in mourning.

Location. The Gran Chaco is an enormous wooded plain with a subtropical climate and a dry season (winter); average rainfall does not exceed 80 centimeters per year. Its inland location gives it great thermal range, with maximum temperatures easily reaching above 40° C, whereas the lowest are well below 0° C. It is a plain of alluvial origin covered with vegetation, frequently spiny, in which leguminosae predominate. The terrain's relief is proof of intense fluvial activity: dry riverbeds, ravines, and madrejones (temporary or semipermanent lagoons caused by overflowing rivers). The Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers have scarred the terrain by shifting their courses. They run in a parallel fashion, traversing the central area in a northwest to southeast direction. The Pilcomayo disappears at its central course in an area of extensive swamps, lagoons, and marshlands. This is the area where the Maká once lived. At the beginning of the twentieth century, they formed two separate tribes, settled at the mouths of the Montelindo and Confuso rivers (right tributaries of the Río Paraguay) respectively, with an additional band, which was allied with the Pilagá, located to the south of the Pilcomayo. After the Chaco War (1933-1936), the Maká were resettled in the periphery of Asunción.

Demography, Although their population appears to have diminished in the past fifty years, the Maká still number about 600 individuals. It is unlikely that they ever numbered more than 1,000, which is approximately the population of the typical Chaco tribe.

Linguistic Affiliation. Maká belongs to the Mataco-Maká Language Family. In Maká phonetics, voiceless sounds predominate. Maká differs especially from Mataco in the universality of gender category and the presence of deictic markers along the lines of Gauycurúan languages.

(source: http://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Mak-Orientation.html)

Geography Submit Update: Country: Paraguay Continent: South America Region: Central and South America 10/40 Window : No Country Details: World Factbook Population in this Country: 1,700 Largest Provinces on file: Central Cordillera Presidente Hayes San Pedro Total Provinces on file: 4 Location within Country: Southwestern, Presidente Hayes Department Qemkuket village 7 kil from Chaco highway Colonia Juan B on Par. River?just one family. Main village north of Asuncion in Mariano Roque Alonso at kil 18 of Chaco highway. (Source: www.ethnologue.com) People Submit Update: People Name This Country: Maka, Maca People Name General: Maka, Maca Alternate People Names: Maka People Code : 105964 Population in this Country: 1,700 Population in all Countries: 1,700 Least-Reached : No Ethnic Tree Affinity Bloc : Latin-Caribbean Americans People Cluster : South American Indigenous People Name General: Maka, Maca Ethnic Code : MIR39e Language Submit Update: Primary Language: Maka (1,700 Speakers) Language Code (16th) : mca Ethnologue Listing Language Code (14th) : MCA Total Languages Spoken: 1 Religion Submit Update: Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions % Christian Adherents : 29.98 % % Evangelical : 7.50 % Joshua Project Progress Indicators Least-Reached : No Progress Scale : 3.2 Evangelicals >5%. Need-Ranking Score : < 25 Details Other Progress Indicators * Global Evangelical Status : Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical Agency Progress (API) : Level 4 Functioning agency partnership Church Progress (CPI) : Level 4 Reproducing church movement Bible Translation Status Submit Update: Bible Portions: 1985 New Testament: None Reported Complete Bible: None Reported Possible Bible Sources: Forum of Bible Agencies World Bible Finder World Christian Resource Directory Ministry Tools and Links Submit Update: Audio Recordings: MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories Audio Recordings: Global Recordings Listing Ministry Activity Register Ministry Activity: Description: Register your ministry activity among this people group. Contact the Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse to learn about others that might be focused on this people group. Data Sources :

Maka, Maca of Paraguay

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