Guamo ( Wamo or Guamotey) is an extinct language of Venezuela. Kaufman (1990) finds a connection with the
Chapacuran languages convincing.
Varieties
Varieties that may have been dialects or closely related languages:
*Guamo of San José - on the
Santo Domingo River, Zamora
*Dazaro - once spoken in Zamora on the
Guanare River
*Guamontey - once spoken from the mouth of the
Zárate River to the
Apure River (unattested)
*Tayaga - once spoken between the
Arauca River
The Arauca River ( es, Río Arauca) rises in the Andes Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the Orinoco in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and Venezuela. The major city on its banks is Arauca, Col ...
and
Apure River, in
Apure State (unattested)
*Atapaima - once spoken at the mouth of the
Guanaparo River,
Guárico State
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, Venezuela (unattested)
*Guárico - extinct principal language
Guárico State
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, once spoken on the
Guárico River,
Portuguesa River
The Portuguesa River (Spanish: ''Río Portuguesa'', also ''Río la Portuguesa'', ''Río de la Portuguesa'') is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin, and is a tributary of the Apure River (which is, in turn, a tributary of th ...
, and
Apure River (unattested)
*Guire - once spoken on the middle course of the
Tiznados River
Tiznados River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Venezuela
This is a list of rivers in Venezuela.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries i ...
,
Orituco River, and
Guaritico River,
Guarico State (unattested)
*Payme - once spoken at the mouth of the
Guárico River (unattested)
Dialect comparison
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Santa Rosa and San José dialects of Guamo.
:
1778 word list
''Guama'' is primarily attested in a word list from 1778. The list has been reproduced below, with the original Spanish orthography maintained for the Guama forms.
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Traduccion de algunas voces de la lengua Guama. In ''Lenguas de América'', 382-393. Madrid.
References
Bibliography
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{{South American languages
Indigenous languages of the South American Northeast
Languages of Venezuela
Extinct languages of South America
Language isolates of South America