Omurano language
Not to be confused with Maynas language.
| Omurano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Maina |
Native speakers | a few speakers or rememberers (2011)[1] |
|
unclassified (Saparo–Yawan?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
omu |
| Glottolog |
omur1241[2] |
Omurano is an unclassified language from Peru. It is also known as Humurana, Roamaina, Numurana, Umurano, and Mayna. The language was presumed to have become extinct by 1958,[3] but in 2011 a rememberer was found who knew some 20 words in Omurano; he claimed that there were still people who could speak it.
Tovar (1961) linked Omurano to Taushiro (and later Taushiro with Kandoshi); Kaufman (1994) finds the links reasonable, and in 2007 he classified Omurano and Taushiro (but not Kandoshi) as Saparo–Yawan languages.
Maynas, once mistaken for a synonym, is a separate language.
See also
References
- ↑ O'Hagan, Zachary J. (22 September 2011). "Informe de campo del idioma omurano" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Omurano". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Omurano language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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