Aranama language
Appearance
Aranama | |
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Tamique | |
Native to | Texas |
Ethnicity | Aranama, Tamique |
Extinct | late 19th century |
unclassified | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xrt |
xrt | |
Glottolog | aran1265 |
Aranama (Araname), also known as Tamique, is an extinct unclassified language of Texas. It was spoken by the Aranama and Tamique peoples at the Franciscan mission of Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga. It is only known from a two-word phrase from a non-native speaker. Variations on the name are Taranames, Jaranames ~ Xaranames ~ Charinames, Chaimamé, Hanáma ~ Hanáme. [1]
References
- ^ Craig H. Roell, "NUESTRA SENORA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA MISSION," Handbook of Texas Online [1], accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.