Guamo language

Guamo (a.k.a. Wamo or Guamotey) is an extinct language of Venezuela. Kaufman (1990) finds a connection with the Chapacuran languages convincing.

Varieties
Varieties that may have been dialects or closely related languages:


 * Guamo of San José - on the Santo Domingo River, Zamora
 * Dazaro - once spoken in Zamora on the Guanare River
 * Guamontey - once spoken from the mouth of the Zárate River to the Apure River (unattested)
 * Tayaga - once spoken between the Arauca River and Apure River, in Apure State (unattested)
 * Atapaima - once spoken at the mouth of the Guanaparo River, Guárico State, Venezuela (unattested)
 * Guárico - extinct principal language Guárico State, once spoken on the Guárico River, Portuguesa River, and Apure River (unattested)
 * Guire - once spoken on the middle course of the Tiznados River, Orituco River, and Guaritico River, Guarico State (unattested)
 * Payme - once spoken at the mouth of the Guárico River (unattested)

Dialect comparison
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Santa Rosa and San José dialects of Guamo.


 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

! gloss !! Santa Rosa !! San José ! one ! two ! three ! head ! eye ! tooth ! man ! water ! fire ! sun ! jaguar ! house
 * tagstar || tagstame
 * kete || dikiampa
 * kurumktin || kakute
 * putí || puté
 * tuxua || tuagin
 * aufé || ufé
 * daixu || dauirko
 * kum || kum
 * kuxul ||
 * tign || matatin
 * dion || dion
 * danga || danxa
 * }

1778 word list
Guama is primarily attested in a word list from 1778. The list has been reproduced below, with the original Spanish orthography maintained for the Guama forms.