Ayoman language

{{Short description|Extinct Jirajaran language of Venezuela}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Ayomán

|nativename =

|region = Western Venezuela

|extinct = early 20th century

|familycolor = American

|fam1 = Jirajaran

|iso3 = none

|glotto = ayom1234

|glottorefname=Ayomán

|glotto2 = jira1235

|glottoname2= (bibliography)

|glottorefname2=Jirajaran

}}

Ayomán is an extinct language of western Venezuela, once spoken in the village of Siquisique in the state of Lara. Other than being part of the Jirajaran family, its classification is uncertain due to a lack of data.{{cite book

|last=Adelaar

|first=Willem F. H.

|author2=Pieter C. Muysken

|title=The Languages of the Andes

|year=2004

|publisher=Cambridge University Press

|location=Cambridge

|isbn=052136275X

|pages=129–30

}}

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