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Esmeralda, orEsmeraldeño (also calledTakame orAtacame), is anextinctlanguage isolate formerly spoken in the coastal region ofEcuador, specifically in the western part ofEsmeraldas Province. The only existing data for Atacame was collected by J.M. Pallares in 1877.

It has been proposed that the language is connected to the still-spokenPumé language ofVenezuela. It also has some lexical similarities with the extinctYurumanguí language,^[1] as well with the southernBarbacoan languageTsafiki (especially plant and animal names).^{[1][2]: 457–458}

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.^[3]

gloss	Esmeralda
hand	di
foot	taha
man	ilóm
water	uivi
star	muʔxabla
earth	dula
dog	kine
jaguar	mutokine
snake	piama
house	kiama
boat	diala

• Seler, Eduard (1902). "Die Sprache der Indianer von Esmeraldas" [The language of the Indians of Esmeraldas].Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur Amerikanischen Sprach- und Alterthumskunde [Collected treatises on American linguistics and archaeology] (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin: A. Asher & Company. pp. 49–64 – via Google Books.

Wiktionary has a word list atAppendix:Esmeralda word list

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