Omurano language
| Omurano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Maina |
Native speakers | a few speakers or rememberers (2011)[1] |
unclassified (Saparo–Yawan?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | omu |
| Glottolog | omur1241 |
Omurano is an unclassified language from Peru. It is also known as Humurana, Roamaina, Numurana, Umurano, and Mayna. The language was presumed to have become extinct by 1958,[2] but in 2011 a rememberer was found who knew some 20 words in Omurano; he claimed that there were still people who could speak it.
Tovar (1961) linked Omurano to Taushiro (and later Taushiro with Kandoshi); Kaufman (1994) finds the links reasonable, and in 2007 he classified Omurano and Taushiro (but not Kandoshi) as Saparo–Yawan languages.
Maynas, once mistaken for a synonym, is a separate language.
See also
References
- ^ O'Hagan, Zachary J. (22 September 2011). "Informe de campo del idioma omurano" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Omurano language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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