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Tamanaku Indian Language

Tamanaku is an extinct Cariban language of South America, once spoken in Venezuela. It was similar to the living language Enepa.

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Tamanaku Language Resources

Tamanaku Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Tamanaku language, with comparison to words in other Cariban languages.

Ethnologue: Tamanaku:
Demographic information on the Tamanaku language.

Tamanaku Language Tree:
Theories about Tamanaku's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

La Lengua Mapoyo-Tamanaku:
Information on the Mapoyo and Tamanaku languages including a linguistic map of Venezuela. Page in Spanish.

Tamanaku Culture and History Links

Catholic Encyclopedia: Tamanac:
These articles are from 1907 and are often culturally biased, but this one includes some good information
about the little-known Tamanac tribe.

Native Legends of a Deluge:
Description of a flood myth of the Tamanacs.

Amalivaka, el mito caribe de la creación:
Information about the Tamanacos in Spanish.

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