Otomákoan languages
Otomaco and Taparita are two long-extinct languages of the Venezuelan Llanos.[2][3]
| Otomakoan | |
|---|---|
| Otomaco–Taparita | |
| Geographic distribution | Venezuelan Llanos |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Otomakoan ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | otom1276[1] |
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: * windowsous device
gollark: If you make a recording on your laptop you can send it to your phone via ADB or MTP.
gollark: I have a cool tool for viewing my phone screen from my laptop over USB, but not the other way round.
gollark: Or the user could just be required to make their link graph planar || 🐝. That's very practical.
gollark: A server-rendered-ish webapp, specifically.
References
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Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Otomacoan word lists |
- 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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