Cumanagoto language

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Itoto Maimy
Kumana, Chaima
itoto Majun
Pronunciation	[ʧ ͥoto majuŋ]
Native to	Venezuela
Ethnicity	Cumanagoto people
Native speakers	112 (2001 & 2011 censuses)^[1]
Language family	Cariban Venezuelan Carib Mapoyo–Tamanaku Itoto Maimy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `cuo` – Cumana `ciy` – Chaima
Glottolog	`coas1302`
ELP	Chaima

Itoto Maimy (Cumanogota, Cumaná, Kumaná); also Chaima (Chayma), Cumanagoto, Waikeri, Palank, Pariagoto or Tamanaku is an endangered Cariban language of eastern coastal Venezuela. It is the language of the Cumanagoto people and other nations. Extinct dialects include Palenque (presumably Palank), Piritu (Piritugoto), and Avaricoto (Guildea 1998).

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^ Cumana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Chaima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

Pekodian

Venezuelan Carib

Tiverikoto–Yaio

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón Purukotó
Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Paravilyana–Sapará	Paravilyana Paravilyana Pawishiana Sapará

Italics indicate extinct languages

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