Antioquian may refer to any of several extinct and poorly attested or unattested languages of the Santa Fe de Antioquia region of Colombia, though is most commonly used for a grouping of two Chibchan languages spoken in the region.
Classification
Antioquian is typically held to refer to the following two languages of the Chibchan family:[2]
Languages, dialects, and ethnic names also lumped under the term include:[3][4]
- Anserma (Anserna, Ancerma; a.k.a. Humbra/Umbra; dialects Caramanta & Cartama. Chocoan.)
- Arma-Pozo (dialects Arma, Pozo, possibly Chocoan)
- Avurrá (Aburra; 1 word known, possibly Chibchan)
- Yamesí (no data)
- Guazuzú (no data)
- Buritaca (no data)
- Abibe (no data)
- Pequi (no data)
- Hevejico (no data)
- Amachi (no data)
- Guamoco (no data)
- Tahami (no data)
- Oromina (a.k.a. Zeremoe, no data)
References
- ↑Constenla Umaña, Adolfo (13 January 2012), "Chibchan languages", in Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 391–440, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.391, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 23 May 2026
- ↑Campbell, Lyle (25 June 2024), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 22 January 2026
- ↑Extinct Languages of the Antoquia Group at MultiTree
- ↑Loukotka, Čestmír. Classification of South American Indian languages.
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- Extinct languages of South America
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