Koihoma language
| Koihoma | |
|---|---|
| Coixoma | |
| Orejone | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Amazonas |
| Extinct | ? (data published 1850) |
Bora–Huitoto
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 83-BAG-aa |
Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Orejone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.[1]
In popular culture
[edit]In Steven Spielberg's film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies Koihoma language on a mysterious letter written by Harold Oxley, although he explains to Mutt Williams that nobody speaks that language anymore. He quite contradictorily defines it a "Latin American language" that became extinct centuries before Spanish and Portuguese were introduced to the Americas.
References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
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