Omurano Language
Omurano is an unclassified language from Peru.
It is also known as Humurana, Roamaina, Numurana, Umurano, and Mayna. The language was presumed to have become extinct by 1958, but in 2011 a rememberer was found who knew some 20 words in Omurano; he claimed that there were still people who could speak it.
| Omurano | |
|---|---|
| Mayna | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Maina |
Native speakers | a few speakers or rememberers (2011) |
unclassified (Saparo–Yawan?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | omu |
| Glottolog | omur1241 |
It was spoken near the Urituyacu River (a tributary of the Marañón River), or on the Nucuray River according to Loukotka (1968).
Classification
Tovar (1961) linked Omurano to Taushiro (and later Taushiro with Kandoshi); Kaufman (1994) finds the links reasonable, and in 2007 he classified Omurano and Taushiro (but not Kandoshi) as Saparo–Yawan languages.
Maynas, once mistaken for a synonym, is a separate language.
Despite there being previous proposals linking Omurano with Zaparoan, de Carvalho (2013) finds no evidence that Omurano is related to Zaparoan.
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Urarina, Arawak, Zaparo, and Leko language families due to contact.
Vocabulary
A word list by Tessmann (1930) is the primary source for Omurano lexical data.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.
gloss Omurana one nadzóra two dzoʔóra head na-neyalok eye an-atn woman mparáwan fire íno sun héna star dzuñ maize aíchia house ána white chalama
See also
Further reading
- O'Hagan, Zachary J. (2011). Omurano field notes. (Manuscript).
References
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