Taruma language

Taruma
Native toGuyana, formerly Brazil & Suriname
RegionSouth of Aishalton
Native speakers
one family (as of 2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdm
qoi
Glottologtaru1236
ELPTaruma

Taruma (Taruamá) is a divergent language of northeastern South America. It has been reported to be extinct several times since as far back as 1770, but Eithne Carlin discovered the last three speakers living in Maruranau among the Wapishana, and is documenting the language.[2][3] The people and language are known as Saluma in Suriname.[4]

  1. ^ Carlin 2011 (p. 11 12)
  2. ^ "Taruma". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ Eithne Carlin (2006). "Feeling the need". Grammars in Contact: A Cross-linguistic Typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 315.
  4. ^ "Indianen, Inheemsen". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 July 2022.