Kuruminaka language

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Kuruminaka
Curumina
Native to Bolivia
RegionCasalvasco mission
EthnicityCuruminaca
Extinct (date missing)
Macro-Jê  ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None

Kuruminaka (Curuminaca, Curumina) is an extinct and poorly known Bororoan language of Bolivia, [1] formerly spoken by the Curuminaca people. [2] [3] It is very poorly known, with only a wordlist of 14 words preserved. [4]

Vocabulary

[5]

GlossKuruminaka
Bring (it)!arumatu-ma
drink!akututo
goodsĩt-ĩmaxa; iv-amaxa-ra-ha 'I am well'
duckarumaxiče
beankaraina
chichaičoro
how are you?ama-makene
tortoisezerikiki

References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages . Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 84–85.
  2. Alcide Dessalines d ' Orbigny (1839). L'homme américain (de l'Amérique Méridionale): considéré sous ses rapports ... (in French). New York Public Library. Pitois-Levrault et C. p. 179.
  3. "L'homme américain (de l'Amérique Méridionale), considéré sous ses rapports physiologiques et moraux / par Alcide d'Orbigny". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  4. Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America" , The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, p. 198, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN   978-0-19-767346-1 , retrieved 2025-05-22
  5. de Créqui-Montfort, Georges; Rivet, Paul (1912). "Linguistique Bolivienne: Le groupe Otuké" (PDF). Journal de la Société des Américanistes. IX: 317–352.