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(Redirected from Cumanagota language) Endangered Cariban language of Venezuela
Itoto Maimy
Kumana
Chaima
Native toVenezuela
EthnicityCumanagoto people
Native speakers112 (2001 & 2011 censuses)
Language familyCariban
  • Venezuelan Carib
    • Mapoyo–Tamanaku
      • Itoto Maimy
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cuo – Cumana
ciy – Chaima
Glottologcoas1302
ELPChaima

Itoto Maimy (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 (Guildea 1998).

Notes

  1. Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Cariban languages
Parukotoan
Pekodian
Venezuelan Carib
Pemóng–Panare
Mapoyo–Tamanaku
Guianan Carib
Taranoan
Unclassified
Paravilyana–Sapará
Italics indicate extinct languages


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