Aranama – also known as Araname, Haname, or Tamique – is an extinct unclassified language of Texas, US. 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: 'give me water!'. 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 , accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Vocabulary In 1884, Albert Gatschet recorded one word and a two-word phrase from "Old Simon," a Tonkawa man who also served as an informant for the Karankawa language, of which a short vocabulary was recorded. According to Old Simon, the words were from a language that he referred to as "Hanáma" (or "Háname"):
'water' 'Give me water!'
Lexical comparison Below is a comparison of words from selected nearby languages in Zamponi (2024):
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! language !! Aranama !! CoahuiltecoTroike, Rudolph C. 1996. "Sketch of Coahuilteco, a language isolate of Texas". In Ives Goddard (ed.), Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 17: Languages, 644–665. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. !SolanoSwanton, John R. 1940. Linguistic material from the tribes of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico. (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 127). Washington: Government Printing Office. !Tonkawa !W. AtakapaGatschet, Albert S. & John R. Swanton. 1932. Dictionary of the Atakapa language accompanied by text material. (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 108). Washington: Government Printing Office. !Karankawa !Cotoname !Comecrudo |- ! 'give me'
! 'water'
See also Amotomanco language Solano language Tanpachoa language
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