Chayma_language

Cumanagoto language

Cumanagoto language

Endangered Cariban language of Venezuela

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).

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    Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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