Timote language

Timote, also known as Cuica or Timote–Cuica, is the language of the Timote–Cuica state in the Venezuelan Andes, around the present city of Mérida and south of Lake Maracaibo.The language is reported to have gone extinct in the early to mid 20th century.The name is apparently Timote, as 'Timote' itself derives from ti-motɨ 'Mutú speakers', and mutú or mukú is a common toponym in the region.Data is limited, but the connection is clear in the numerals: Consonant clusters, somewhat unusual for the area, are found, especially in Cuica: kču 'bird', stots 'blood', Timote klef 'rainy season', hutn 'dog'.Mason (1950) provides a lengthy internal classification of Cuica and Timote:[1]
VenezuelaLanguage familyTimoteanISO 639-3Linguist ListGlottologTimote–Cuica stateMéridaLake MaracaiboMason, John AldenSmithsonian InstitutionBureau of American EthnologyLanguages of VenezuelaSpanishLlaneroMaracuchoArawakanArawakBaniwaCaquetioMandawacaParaujanoPiapocoWarekenaArutani-SapeArutaniCaribanJapreriaKapóngMacushiMapoyo-YabaranaPanareSikianaTamanakuYe'kuanaChibchanGuahibanGuahiboJirajaranAyomanJirajaraMucuchíJukudeNheengatuSalibaSanumáYaruroGermanColonia TovarItalianRomaniVenezuelan Sign Language