Cumanagoto language
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Itoto Maimy | |
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Kumana | |
Chaima | |
Native to | Venezuela |
Ethnicity | Cumanagoto people |
Native speakers | 112 (2001 & 2011 censuses)[1] |
Cariban
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:cuo – Cumanaciy – Chaima |
Glottolog | coas1302 |
ELP | Chaima |
Itoto Maimy (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma), Cumanagoto, Waikeri, Palank, Pariagoto or Tamanaku is an endangered Cariban language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It was the language of the Cumanagoto people and other nations. Extinct dialects include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu (Piritugoto), and Avaricoto (Guildea 1998).
Notes
- ^ Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)