Caramanta language
Language
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Caramanta is an extinct Chocoan language of Colombia, documented solely through a wordlist from the 1940s,[1] and in an ethnographic publication from 1954.[2] It is sometimes described as a dialect of Anserma.[3]
Vocabulary
Numerals
The following table compares Caramanta words with other Chocoan languages.
| Numeral | Caramanta | Northern Emberá | Catío Embera | Wounaan | Anserma (Umbra) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aba | 'aɓa | ába | ãb | omb̃e |
| 2 | ome | u'me | umé | numí | umbẽã |
| 3 | umpea | ũ'bea | ũbéa | tʰãřhũp | kimãri |
| 4 | quimane | kĩ'mãrĩ | kʰimárẽ | hayap | ís̄kal |
| 5 | juasoma | hueso'ma | wesomá ~ huwua 'one hand' | hua-ʔãb | sõ |
