Omurano language

Omurano is a language isolate from Peru. It is also known as Humurana, Roamaina, Numurana, Umurano, and Mayna. The language was presumed to have become extinct by 1958, 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. The community has otherwise switched to Urarina, another language isolate.
It was spoken near the Urituyacu River, or on the Nucuray River according to Loukotka.

Classification

Tovar linked Omurano to Taushiro ; Kaufman finds the links reasonable, and in 2007 he classified Omurano and Taushiro as Saparo–Yawan languages.
Maynas, once mistaken for a synonym, is a separate language.
Despite there being previous proposals linking Omurano with Zaparoan, de Carvalho finds no evidence for this.

Language contact

Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Urarina, Arawak, Zaparo, and Leko language families due to contact.

Phonology

Consonants

Omurano has 10 consonants. No fricative or velar consonants have been attested.
becomes before.

Vowels

Omurano has 5 vowel qualities. Nasal vowel counterparts are only present for. Length is not phonemic.

Tone

Omurano has two surface-level tones, high and low.

Vocabulary

A word list by Tessmann is the primary source for Omurano lexical data.
Loukotka lists the following basic vocabulary items.