Aranama language

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Aranama language

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Aranama
Tamique
Spoken in Texas
Ethnicity Aranama, Tamique
Extinct late 19th century
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xrt[1]

Aranama (Araname), also known as Tamique, is an extinct unclassified language of Texas. It was spoken by the Aranama and Tamique peoples at the Franciscan mission of Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga. It is only known from a two-word phrase from a non-native speaker. Variations on the name are Taranames, Jaranames ~ Xaranames ~ Charinames, Chaimamé, Hanáma ~ Hanáme.


References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/. 



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