Koihoma language
| Koihoma | |
|---|---|
| Coixoma, Orejone | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Amazonas |
| Era | attested 1850 |
Bora–Huitoto ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | Noneorej1242 uses Koihoma as an alternative name for Orejón |
| Linguasphere | 83-BAG-aa |
Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Orejone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.[1]
Vocabulary
| gloss | Koihoma |
|---|---|
| devil | ana |
| sky | muna |
| star | ico |
| cloud | iniridineu |
| rain | noki |
| sun | idoma |
| moon | huitsara |
| thunder | mouna |
| lightning | saitsana |
| earth | nani |
| water | ainoe |
| sand | mainita |
| tree | anaina |
| wood | grangai |
| man | comai |
| woman | erigno |
| head | huha |
| hair | hupodiki |
| eye | oi |
| forehead | houita |
| nose | hoho |
| mouth | huai |
| chin | haidaieki |
| ear | kinoleo |
| eyelash | oitka |
| neck | kimata |
| arm | narigui |
In popular culture
In Steven Spielberg's film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies the Koihoma language on a mysterious letter Harold Oxley wrote. However, he explains to Mutt Williams that nobody speaks that language anymore. He defines it as a "Latin American language" that became extinct centuries before Spanish and Portuguese were introduced to the Americas.
References
- ^ Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
- ^ Castelnau, Francis (1850). Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud : de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para (in French). Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Paris : Chez P. Bertrand. pp. 294–295.