Camsá language
Camsá, also Mocoa, Sibundoy, Coche, or Kamemtxa / Camëntsëá, is a language isolate and native language of the Camsá people who primarily inhabit the Sibundoy Valley of the Putumayo Department in the south of Colombia.Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Choco languages due to contact.Varieties
lists the following names as Coche varieties.
- Sebondoy
- Quillacinga
- Patoco
Phonology
Grammar
Camsá is a polysynthetic language with prefixes and suffixes. It also has dual number, which is unusual for languages around it.Vocabulary
Kamsá vocabulary from Huber and Reed :
