Native to Venezuela Glottolog coas1302 | Ethnicity Cumanagoto people | |
Native speakers 112 (2001 & 2011 censuses) Language family Cariban
Venezuelan Carib
Mapoyo–Tamanaku
Cumanagoto ISO 639-3 Either:
cuo – Cumana
ciy – Chaima | ||
Cumanagoto (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma) is a nearly extinct language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It was the language of the Cumanagoto people. Extinct dialects, or closely related languages, include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu, and Avaricoto (Guildea 1998).
References
Cumanagoto language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA