Maynas language should not be confused with Omurano language.
| Maynas | |
| Nativename: | Rimachu |
| States: | Peru |
| Extinct: | ? |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Family: | unclassified (Cahuapanan?) |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | jesu1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Jesuit-Maynas |
Maynas (Mayna, Maina), also known as Rimachu, is an extinct and unclassified language of Peru. Several sources have listed it as a dialect of Omurano, which also goes by the name Mayna, but Hammarström (2011) showed that they are separate languages. Attempts have been made to link Maynas with the Jivaroan, Cahuapanan, Zaparoan, and Candoshi languages, but they have not yet been conclusive (Campbell 2012).[1]
It was once spoken between the Nucuray River, Chambira River, and Pastaza River.[2]
. Lyle Campbell . Grondona . Verónica . Campbell . Lyle . 2012 . The Indigenous Languages of South America . Classification of the indigenous languages of South America . The World of Linguistics . 2 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 59–166 . 9783110255133.
. Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles.