Cumana (Kumaná) is a possibly extinct
Chapacuran language. Various names ascribed to the language in Campbell (2012)
are Torá, Toraz (distinguish
Torá language
Torá (Toraz) is an extinct Chapacuran language that was once spoken along the lower stretches of the Marmelos River in Brazil. SIL
SIL, Sil and sil may refer to:
Organizations
* Servis Industries Limited, Pakistan
* Smithsonian Institutio ...
), and Cautario, the last perhaps after the local river, and Abitana-Kumaná (distinguish
Abitana dialect
Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) was a Chapacuran language of Rondônia
Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state ...
).
In addition, there is a Chapacuran language called Kujubim (Kuyubí, Cojubím), which may still be spoken. The endonym, ''Kaw To Yo'' (or ''Kaw Tayó'', which means 'eaters of
payara
The payara, ''Hydrolycus scomberoides'', is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.SeriouslyFish: Hydrolycus scomberoides.' Retrieved 31 October 2015. It was the first of four sp ...
fish'), may be the source of the river and language name
Cautario.
Sources which list one do not list the other, so these may be the same language.
Fabre (2005)
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Vocabulary
Conjubim vocabulary from Sampaio & da Silva (2011):[Rodrigues Duran, Iris. 2000. ]
Descrição fonológica e lexical do dialeto "Kaw Tayo" (Kujubi) da língua Moré
'. M.A. thesis, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Guajará-Mirim).
PDF
Bibliography
*Duran, Iris Rodrigues. 2000. ''Descrição fonológica e lexical do dialeto Kaw Tayo (Kujubi) da língua Moré''. MA thesis, Guajará-Mirim: Universidade Federal de Rondônia; 136pp.
*Angenot, Geralda de Lima V. 1997. vDocumentação da língua Kuyubi: Arquivos acústicos''. Guajará-Mirim: UNIR Working Papers in Amerindian Linguistics. Série 'Documentos de Trabalho'.
*Angenot, Geralda de Lima V. and Angenot, Geralda de Lima V. 1997. ''Léxico Português-Kuyubi e Kuyubi-Português''. Guajará-Mirim: UNIR Working Papers in Amerindian Linguistics.
References
{{Chapacuran languages
Chapacuran languages