Caramanta language


Caramanta is an extinct Chocoan language of Colombia, documented solely through a wordlist from the 1940s, and in an ethnographic publication from 1954. It is sometimes described as a dialect of Anserma.

Vocabulary

Numerals

The following table compares Caramanta words with other Chocoan languages.
NumeralCaramantaNorthern EmberáCatío EmberaWounaanAnserma
1aba'aɓaábaãbomb̃e
2omeu'meuménumíumbẽã
3umpeaũ'beaũbéatʰãřhũpkimãri
4quimanekĩ'mãrĩkʰimárẽhayapís̄kal
5juasomahueso'mawesomá ~ huwua 'one hand'hua-ʔãb