Otomaco language
| Otomako | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Amazon |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Otomakoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qpg | |
| Glottolog | otom1301[1] |
Otomaco is an extinct language of the Amazon.
Documentation
Otomaco is known only from a single wordlist manuscript written by Father Gerónimo José de Luzena in December 1788, which is currently held at the Royal Palace of Madrid Library.[2] The word list has been analyzed in detail by Rosenblat (1936).[3]
gollark: Just make your own 4chan.
gollark: Sounds a bit bees.
gollark: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
gollark: There's already cjdns, which is neat.
gollark: So you'll run mail and stuff *over* some bizarre encrypted network...?
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Otomaco". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- de Luzena, Gerónimo José. 1788. Traducion de la lengua española á la otomaca, taparita y yarura. Manuscrito II/2927 Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid.
- Rosenblat, Angel. 1936. Los Otomacos y Taparitas de los llanos de Venezuela. Estudio etnográfico y lingüístico. Tierra Firme 1. 227-377.
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