Aranama language

Aranama
Aranama
Tamique
Native to	Texas
Ethnicity	Aranama, Tamique
Extinct	late 19th century
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xrt
Linguist List	xrt
Glottolog	aran1265

Aranama (Araname), also known as Tamique, is an extinct unclassified language of Texas, USA. It was spoken by the Aranama and Tamique peoples at the Franciscan mission of Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga. It is only known from a two-word phrase from a non-native speaker: himiána tsáyi 'give me water!'.^[1] Variations on the name are Taranames, Jaranames ~ Xaranames ~ Charinames, Chaimamé, Hanáma ~ Hanáme.^[2]

Known words[]

In 1884, Albert Gatschet recorded one word and a two-word phrase from "Old Simon," a Tonkawa man who also served as an informant for the Karankawa language, of which a short vocabulary was recorded. According to Old Simon, the words were from a language that he referred to as "Hanáma" (or "Háname"):^[3]^: 193

himiyána ‘water’
Himiána tsýi! ‘Give me water!’

References[]

^ Swanton, John Reed (1940). "Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico". Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin. 127: 1–145. hdl:10088/15429.
^ Craig H. Roell, "NUESTRA SENORA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA MISSION," Handbook of Texas Online [1], accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
^ Mithun, Marianne (2017). "Language Isolates". In Campbell, Lyle (ed.). Language Isolates of North America. Routledge Language Family Series. London: Routledge. pp. 193–228. doi:10.4324/9781315750026. ISBN 9781315750026.

[1] Swanton, John Reed (1940). "Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico". Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin. 127: 1–145. hdl:10088/15429.

[2] Craig H. Roell, "NUESTRA SENORA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA MISSION," Handbook of Texas Online [1], accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

[Mithun-2017-3] Mithun, Marianne (2017). "Language Isolates". In Campbell, Lyle (ed.). Language Isolates of North America. Routledge Language Family Series. London: Routledge. pp. 193–228. doi:10.4324/9781315750026. ISBN 9781315750026.

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v t Native American peoples in Texas
Federally recognized tribes	Alabama–Coushatta Kickapoo Traditional Tribe Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
State-recognized tribes	Lipan Apache Mount Tabor Indian Community
Indigenous languages	Araname^† Atacapan^† Borrado^† Caddoan Coahuilteco Comecrudan^† Cotoname^† Garzan^† Pakawan Solano^† Tiwan Tamaulipecan Tanpachoan^† Tonkawan^† Wichita
List of Native American peoples of Texas	Adai^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Apache (Querecho^><) Aranama^≠ Atakapa^≠ (Akokisa, Bidai, Deadose) Caddo (Eyeish, Hasinai, Hainai, Kadohadacho, Nabedache, Nabiti, Nacogdoche, Nacono, Nadaco, Nanatsoho, Lower Nasoni, Neche, Nechaui) Cherokees, Texas^° Coahuiltecan Comanche ^≠ ^≠ Hierbipiame^≠ Jumanos^≠ Karankawas^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Pajalat^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Pastia^≠ ^≠ Patiri^≠ Payaya^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Teyas^° Tonkawa ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Kichai, Taovaya, Tawakoni, Waco, Wichita proper) Xarames^≠
Related topics	Sam Houston and Native American relations
^† extinct language / ^≠ extinct tribe / ^>< early, obsolete name of indigenous tribe(s) / ^° people absorbed into other tribe(s)