Omurano language

Not to be confused with Maynas language.
Omurano
Mayna
Native toPeru
EthnicityMaina
Native speakers
a few speakers or rememberers (2011)[1]
unclassified
(Saparo–Yawan?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3omu
Glottologomur1241

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,[2] 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.

It was spoken near the Urituyacu River (a tributary of the Marañón River),[3] or on the Nucuray River according to Loukotka (1968).[4]

  1. ^ O'Hagan, Zachary J. (22 September 2011). "Informe de campo del idioma omurano" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ Omurano language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carvalho was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.