Cumanagoto language

Cumanagoto (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma) is an endangered Cariban language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It was the language of the Cumanagoto people. Extinct dialects, or closely related languages, include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu (Piritugoto), and Avaricoto (Guildea 1998).

Cumanagoto
Kumana
Chaima
Native toVenezuela
EthnicityCumanagoto people
Native speakers
112 (2001 & 2011 censuses)[1]
Cariban
  • Venezuelan Carib
    • Mapoyo–Tamanaku
      • Cumanagoto
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cuo – Cumana
ciy – Chaima
Glottologcoas1302
ELPChaima[2]

Notes
  1. Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Chaima.


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