Yameo language
| Yameo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Department of Loreto |
| Extinct | late 20th century[1] |
Peba–Yaguan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yme |
| Glottolog | yame1242 |
| ELP | Yaméo |
Yameo is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Yameo is an extinct language of the Peba–Yaguan language family that was formerly spoken in Peru.[2] It was spoken along the banks of the Amazon River from the Tigre River to the Nanay River.
Masamae (Mazán, Parara), spoken around the Mazán River in Loreto Department, Peru,[1] is an alternative name of the Yameo language.
Dialects
John Alden Mason (1950) subdivides Yameo into the Napeano, Masamai, Nahuapo, Amaona, Mikeano, Parrano, Yarrapo, Alabono, San Regino (?), Mazan (?), and Camuchivo (?) groups.[3]
References
- ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Rivet, Paul (1911). "La famille linguistique Peba". Journal de la société des américanistes. 8 (1): 173–206. doi:10.3406/jsa.1911.3731.
- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.