Panche language
Extinct and unclassified language of Colombia
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The Panche language is an unclassified – and possibly unclassifiable – language formerly spoken in Colombia. It may have been Cariban.[1] According to Pedro Simón, the word panche in their own Panche language means "cruel" and "murderer".[2]
Vocabulary
| Gloss | Panche |
|---|---|
| important personage | acaima |
| Spaniard | xua |
| Tequendama Falls | pati |
| bagre | panche |
| large fish with big mouth | patalo |
| cruel assassin | colima |
| very powerful man | xe amima |
| snow | tolima |