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

Itoto Maimy (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma), Cumanagoto, Waikeri, Palank, Pariagoto or Tamanaku is an endangered Cariban language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It was the language of the Cumanagoto people and other nations. Extinct dialects include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu (Piritugoto), and Avaricoto (Guildea 1998).

Notes

  1. ↑ Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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