Arma language

Arma
Arma
Arma-Pozo
Native to	Colombia
Ethnicity	Arma
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Chocoan ? Arma;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(aoh deprecated in 2020 for being spurious)
Glottolog	arma1244

Last updated January 23, 2026

Arma (Arma-Pozo)^[2] is a poorly attested and extinct language of Colombia. Loukotka (1968) states that it was once spoken on the Pueblano River, but lists no source to substantiate this claim.^[3] Only one word of Arma-Pozo is known, being umecode: aoh is deprecated 'woman'.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Request Number 2019-017 for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). SIL International. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
↑ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Unclassified and Spurious Languages" , The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 280–338, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0005, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1 , retrieved 2025-05-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA: Latin American Center, University of California Los Angeles. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.
↑ De Cieza de León, Pedro (1877). Guerras civiles del Perú. Tomo segundo, Guerra de Chupas.
↑ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.

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[1] "Request Number 2019-017 for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). SIL International. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

[2] Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Unclassified and Spurious Languages" , The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 280–338, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0005, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1 , retrieved 2025-05-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

[3] Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA: Latin American Center, University of California Los Angeles. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.

[4] De Cieza de León, Pedro (1877). Guerras civiles del Perú. Tomo segundo, Guerra de Chupas.

[5] Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.

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