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Extinct Otomakoan language of Venezuela For the parent language family, see Otomákoan languages.
Otomako
Native toVenezuela
RegionLlanos
Extinct(date missing)
Language familyOtomakoan
  • Otomako
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
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Glottologotom1301

Otomaco is an extinct language of the Venezuelan Llanos.

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. The word list has been analyzed in detail by Rosenblat (1936).

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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