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Arma language

Arma (Arma-Pozo) is a poorly attested and extinct language of Colombia. Loukotka (1968) states that it was once spoken on the Pueblano River. Only one word of Arma-Pozo is known, being umecode: aoh is deprecated 'woman'.

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Arma
Arma-Pozo
Native toColombia
EthnicityArma
Extinct(date missing)
Chocoan ?
  • Arma
Language codes
ISO 639-3aoh (deprecated in 2020 for being spurious)1
Glottologarma1244

Arma (Arma-Pozo)2 is a poorly attested and extinct language of Colombia. Loukotka (1968) states that it was once spoken on the Pueblano River.3: 239  Only one word of Arma-Pozo is known, being umecode: aoh is deprecated 'woman'.45

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  1. "Request Number 2019-017 for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). SIL International. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  2. Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Unclassified and Spurious Languages", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 280–338, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0005, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-05-25
  3. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages (PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA: Latin American Center, University of California Los Angeles. ISBN 978-0879031077.
  4. De Cieza de León, Pedro (1877). Guerras civiles del Perú. Tomo segundo, Guerra de Chupas.
  5. Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.