Caramanta language
| Caramanta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Antioquia Department |
| Ethnicity | Caramanta |
| Era | attested c. 1940s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | crf |
| Glottolog | cara1271 |
Caramanta is an extinct Chocoan language of Colombia, documented solely through a wordlist from the 1940s,[1] and in an ethnographic publication from 1954.[2] It is sometimes described as a dialect of Anserma.[3]
Vocabulary
[edit]Numerals
[edit]The following table compares Caramanta words with other Chocoan languages.
| Numeral | Caramanta | Northern Emberá | Catío Embera | Wounaan | Anserma (Umbra) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aba | 'aɓa | ába | ãb | omb̃e |
| 2 | ome | u'me | umé | numí | umbẽã |
| 3 | umpea | ũ'bea | ũbéa | tʰãřhũp | kimãri |
| 4 | quimane | kĩ'mãrĩ | kʰimárẽ | hayap | ís̄kal |
| 5 | juasoma | hueso'ma | wesomá ~ huwua 'one hand' | hua-ʔãb | sõ |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Arcila Velez, Graciliano (1946). "Los Caramanta". Revista Universidad de Antioquia. XX: 445–452.
- ^ Daniel, H. (1954). "Apuntes etnológicos: Los Caramantas". Boletin del Instituto de Antropología. 1 (2): 171–180.
- ^ Caramanta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "IDS - Embera". ids.clld.org. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/76113
- ^ "Embera Catío". lingweb.eva.mpg.de. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Rendón-García, Guillermo (2011). La lengua umbra: Descubrimiento- Endolingüística- Arqueolingüística. Manizales: Zapata-Molano-Londoño e hijos. p. 67. ISBN 978-958-57127-0-6.
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