| Region | Rondônia, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Familycolor | Tupian |
| Fam 1 | Tupian |
| Fam 2 | Purubora–Ramarama |
| Glotto | rama1257 |
| Glottorefname | Ramarama |
The Ramarama languages of Rondônia, Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family. They are Karo, or Ramarama, with 150 speakers, and the extinct Urumi.
Varieties
Below is a list of Itogapúc (Ramarama) language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[1]
- Itogapúc / Ntogapyd - once spoken on the Machadinho River, Mato Grosso, now perhaps extinct.
- Ramarama / Ytangá - spoken at the sources of the Machadinho River, Branco River, and Preto River, Mato Grosso.
- Urumí - spoken on the Taruma River in Mato Grosso.
- Urukú - spoken on the Lourdes River.
- Arara - spoken at the mouth of the Preto River and Ji-Paraná River, and to the Madeira River.
References
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.