| Anserma | |
|---|---|
| Umbra | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Antioquia Department |
| Ethnicity | Umbrá |
Native speakers | c. 100 (2011)1 |
Chocoan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ans |
| Glottolog | anse1238 Anserma |
Anserma (Anserna, Umbra) is a Chocoan language of Colombia, spoken by the Umbrá people.1 Dialects included Caramanta and Cartama.2 The language was thought to be extinct until 7 families were found to speak it in 2011.134
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Barbacoan languages due to contact.5
Vocabulary
Below are listed some of the known words of the Anserma language.6
| Gloss | Anserma |
|---|---|
| salt | anzer, anserm, ancer |
| Spanish | tamaraca |
| devil | xixarama |
| herb added to chicha to make it stronger | tabaque |
| market | tianguez |
References
References
- Rendón-García, Guillermo (2011). La lengua umbra: Descubrimiento- Endolingüística- Arqueolingüística. Manizales: Zapata-Molano-Londoño e hijos. ISBN 978-958-57127-0-6.
- Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012. The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- González, Simón (2025-12-29). "¿Es el umbra una lengua chocó?: un primer acercamiento desde la lingüística comparada". Lengua y Sociedad. 24 (2) e27921. doi:10.15381/lengsoc.v24i2.27921. ISSN 2413-2659.
- https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/server/api/core/bitstreams/110d072a-f035-4105-8561-b1733e8f3bb5/content
- Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
- Rivet, Paul (1943). "Nouvelle contribution à l'étude de l'ethnologie précolombienne de Colombie". Journal de la société des américanistes. 35 (1): 25–39. doi:10.3406/jsa.1943.2342.