Otomakoan | |
Also Known As: | Otomaco–Taparita |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam1: | Macro-Otomakoan ? |
Glotto: | otom1276 |
Glottorefname: | Otomaco-Taparita |
Map: | Inland Isolates of Venezuela.png |
Otomaco and Taparita are two long-extinct languages of the Venezuelan Llanos.[1]
In addition to Otomaco and Taparita, Loukotka (1968) also lists Maiba (Amaygua), an unattested extinct language that was once spoken in Apure State, Venezuela between the Cunaviche River and Capanaparo River.[2]
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Otomac and Taparita.[2]
gloss | Otomac | Taparita | |
---|---|---|---|
one | engá | enda | |
two | dé | deñiaro | |
three | yakia | deni | |
head | dapad | dupea | |
eye | inbad | indó | |
tooth | miʔi | mina | |
man | andua | mayná | |
water | ya | ia | |
fire | núa | muita | |
sun | nua | mingua | |
maize | onona | ||
jaguar | maéma | ||
house | augua | ñaña |
Additional vocabulary for Otomaco and Taparita are documented in Rosenblat (1936).[3]