Otomákoan languages

Otomakoan
	Otomaco–Taparita
Geographic; distribution	Venezuelan Llanos
Linguistic classification	Macro-Otomakoan ? Otomakoan;
Subdivisions	Otomaco; Taparita;
Glottolog	otom1276[1]

Otomaco and Taparita are two long-extinct languages of the Venezuelan Llanos.[2][3]

In addition to Otomaco and Taparita, Loukotka (1968) also lists Maiba (Amaygua), an unattested extinct language that was once spoken in Apure State, Venezuela between the Cunaviche River and Capanaparo River.[4]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Otomac and Taparita.[4]

gloss	Otomac	Taparita
one	engá	enda
two	dé	deñiaro
three	yakia	deni
head	dapad	dupea
eye	inbad	indó
tooth	miʔi	mina
man	andua	mayná
water	ya	ia
fire	núa	muita
sun	nua	mingua
maize	onona
jaguar	maéma
house	augua	ñaña

Additional vocabulary for Otomaco and Taparita are documented in Rosenblat (1936).[3]

gollark: Great news, I "fixed" the problem.

gollark: I'm fairly sure you're actually lying.

gollark: ????

gollark: What?

gollark: On the plus side, my code makes a slightly incorrect image way faster than the Haskell code makes a correct one.

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Otomaco-Taparita". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 9783110255133.
Rosenblat, Angel. 1936. Los Otomacos y Taparitas de los llanos de Venezuela. Estudio etnográfico y lingüístico. Tierra Firme 1. 227-377.
Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Otomaco-Taparita". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Campbell-SAmerica-2] Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 9783110255133.

[Rosenblat-1936-3] Rosenblat, Angel. 1936. Los Otomacos y Taparitas de los llanos de Venezuela. Estudio etnográfico y lingüístico. Tierra Firme 1. 227-377.

[Loukotka-4] Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.