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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 639-3(aoh 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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  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 9780879031077.
  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.