Yumana language explained

Jumana
Also Known As:Yumana
Extinct:?
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Arawakan
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Upper Amazonian
Fam4:(unclassified)
Iso3:none
Linglist:qtl
Glotto:juma1250
Glottorefname:Jumana

Yumana (Jumana, Xomana, Ximana[1]) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language. Kaufman (1994) placed it in his Río Negro branch, but this is not followed in Aikhenvald (1999).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ramirez, Henri . Henri Ramirez . 2020 . Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados . 2 . 1 . Curitiba . Editora CRV . 978-65-5578-892-1 . 10.24824/978655578892.1.