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Where is Taruma spoken?

Taruma is a language isolate, spoken in Brazil and Guyana. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Austronesian
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Indo-European
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Where Taruma is spoken

Taruma is spoken in 2 countries: Brazil and Guyana.

Country
Brazil
Guyana

Taruma has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Taruma?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Nearly extinct. Glottolog lists it as nearly extinct: only a few elderly speakers are left.

Where Taruma sits in the language family tree

Taruma is a language isolate: Glottolog knows of no language that it is demonstrably related to.

More about Taruma

Codes: ISO 639-3 tdm, Glottolog taru1236. Glottolog macroarea: South America.

Questions about Taruma

Where is Taruma spoken?

Taruma is spoken in Brazil and Guyana. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Is Taruma related to any other language?

Glottolog lists Taruma as a language isolate: a language with no demonstrated relatives. It sits on its own in the classification.