Anserma (Anserna) is an extinct
Chocoan language
The Choco languages (also Chocoan, Chocó, Chokó) are a small family of Native American languages spread across Colombia and Panama.
Family division
Choco consists of six known branches, all but two of which are extinct.
*The Emberá languag ...
of
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. Dialects included Caramanta and Cartama.
[Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012]
''The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide''
Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Jolkesky (2016) also notes that there are lexical similarities with the
Barbacoan languages
Barbacoan (also Barbakóan, Barbacoano, Barbacoana) is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.
Genealogical relations
The Barbacoan languages may be related to the Páez language. Barbacoan is often connected with the Paezan languages ...
due to contact.
References
Choco languages
Languages of Colombia
Extinct languages of South America
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