Koihoma language

Koihoma
Koihoma
Coixoma
Orejone
Native to	Peru
Region	Amazonas
Extinct	? (data published 1850)
Language family	Bora–Huitoto Huitoto–Ocaina (?) Koihoma; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	83-BAG-aa

Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Orejone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.^[1]

In popular culture

In Steven Spielberg's film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies Koihoma language on a mysterious letter written by Harold Oxley, although he explains to Mutt Williams that nobody speaks that language anymore. He quite contradictorily defines it a "Latin American language" that became extinct centuries before Spanish and Portuguese were introduced to the Americas.

References

↑ Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

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[1] Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

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