Aranama language

{{short description|Extinct language of Texas, United States}}

{{infobox language

| name = Aranama

| nativename = Tamique

| states = United States

| region = Texas

| ethnicity = Aranama, Tamique

| extinct = late 19th century

| familycolor = American

| family = unclassified

| iso3 = xrt

| linglist = xrt

| glotto = aran1265

| glottorefname = Aranama

}}

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: {{lang|xrt|himiána tsáyi}} 'give me water!'.{{Cite journal|last=Swanton|first=John Reed|date=1940|title=Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico|url=https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/15429|journal=Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin|volume=127|pages=1–145|hdl=10088/15429}} Variations on the name are Taranames, Jaranames ~ Xaranames ~ Charinames, Chaimamé, Hanáma ~ Hanáme.Craig H. Roell, "NUESTRA SENORA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA MISSION," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uqn16], accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.