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Cumanagoto language

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Itoto Majun
Kumana, Chaima, Cumanagoto
itoto Majun
Pronunciation ͥoto majuŋ]
Native toVenezuela
EthnicityCumanagoto people
Native speakers
112 (2001 & 2011 censuses)[1]
Cariban
  • Venezuelan Carib
    • Mapoyo–Tamanaku
      • Itoto Majun
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cuo – Cumana
ciy – Chaima
Glottologcoas1302
ELPChaima

Itoto Majun (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná), also Chaima (Chayma), Cumanagoto, Waikeri, Palank, Pariagoto or Tamanaku is an endangered 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]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Gildea, Spike (1998). On reconstructing grammar: comparative Cariban morphosyntax. Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510952-8.