Otomaco language

Otomako
Native to	Venezuela
Region	Amazon
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Otomakoan Otomako;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qpg
Glottolog	otom1301

Otomaco is an extinct language of the Amazon.

Documentation

Otomaco is known only from a single wordlist manuscript written by Father Gerónimo José de Luzena in December 1788, which is currently held at the Royal Palace of Madrid Library.[1] The word list has been analyzed in detail by Rosenblat (1936).[2]

References

de Luzena, Gerónimo José. 1788. Traducion de la lengua española á la otomaca, taparita y yarura. Manuscrito II/2927 Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid.
Rosenblat, Angel. 1936. Los Otomacos y Taparitas de los llanos de Venezuela. Estudio etnográfico y lingüístico. Tierra Firme 1. 227-377.

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[1] Luzena, Gerónimo José. 1788. Traducion de la lengua española á la otomaca, taparita y yarura. Manuscrito II/2927 Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid.

[2] Rosenblat, Angel. 1936. Los Otomacos y Taparitas de los llanos de Venezuela. Estudio etnográfico y lingüístico. Tierra Firme 1. 227-377.