The Otomacoan languages, also spelled Otomakoan or Otomakoan, are a small family of long-extinct languages once spoken in the Venezuelan Llanos, comprising the Otomaco and Taparita languages and possibly a third, Maiba. All member languages are extinct, and the family's wider classification within a proposed Macro-Otomakoan grouping remains uncertain.
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RegionVenezuelan Llanos, including Apure State between the Cunaviche and Capanaparo rivers. 2 Proto-Language StatusNo proto-language has been reconstructed; both known member languages, Otomaco and Taparita, are long extinct and documented only through the vocabulary recorded by Rosenblat (1936). 2 Browse and compare
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1. Glottolog: Otomaco-Taparita - Glottolog
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View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Otomacoan languages
WikipediaIntroduction, first sentence
Otomaco and Taparita are two long-extinct languages of the Venezuelan Llanos, which comprise the Otomakoan or Otomákoan language family.
Vocabulary section
Vocabulary for Otomaco and Taparita is documented in Rosenblat (1936).
View the Source Wikidata: Otomacoan
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