Arma language

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Arma
Arma-Pozo
Native to Colombia
EthnicityArma
Extinct (date missing)
Chocoan  ?
  • Arma
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aoh (retired) [1]
Glottolog arma1244

Arma (Arma-Pozo) [2] is an unattested 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] One word of Pozo is known, being ume 'woman', [4] but none of Arma. [5]

References

  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
  3. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA. p. 239. ISBN   9780879031077.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 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.
  5. De Cieza de León, Pedro (1877). Guerras civiles del Perú. Tomo segundo, Guerra de Chupas.