Cumanagoto language
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| Cumanagoto | |
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| Kumana, Chaima | |
| itoto Majun | |
| Pronunciation | [ʧ ͥoto majuŋ] |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | Cumanagoto people |
| Extinct | (date missing) 112 (2001 & 2011 censuses) [1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:cuo – Cumanaciy – Chaima |
| Glottolog | coas1302 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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Cumanagoto (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná), also Chaima (Chayma), Itoto Majun, Palank, Pariagoto or Tamanaku is an extinct Cariban language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It is the language of the Cumanagoto people and other nations. Extinct dialects include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu (Piritugoto), and Avaricoto.[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Bilabial | Coronal | Velar | |
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| Occlusive | p | t | k |
| Nasal | m | n | |
| Vibrant | ɺ ⟨r⟩ | ||
| Fricative | s | ||
| Semiconsonant | w | j ⟨y⟩ |
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
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| High | i | ɨ ⟨ü⟩ | u |
| Mid | e | ə ⟨ö⟩ | o |
| Low | a |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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