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Synonyms for betoi or Related words with betoi
yaruro
allentiac
chocoan
cayubaba
canichana
otopamean
cotoname
candoshi
mayoruna
pacawara
omurano
cayuvava
katembri
comecrudan
cocama
huarpe
kandoshi
milykayak
cahuapana
subtiaba
taruma
itonama
puquina
andoke
maipure
tequiraca
munichi
oluta
mixteco
puinave
tlapanec
kichua
chiapanec
zaparo
misumalpan
ignaciano
quichua
maropa
ixcatec
sabela
paezan
olutec
jicaque
kokama
tlacolulita
cahuapanan
aimara
coahuilteco
huehuetla
lencan
Examples of "betoi"
Betoi
("Betoy") or
Betoi
-Jirara is an extinct language of Venezuela, south of the Apure River near the modern border with Colombia. The names
Betoi
and Jirara are those of two of its peoples/dialects; the language proper has no known name. At contact,
Betoi
was a local lingua franca spoken between the Uribante and Sarare rivers and along the Arauca. Enough was recorded for a brief grammatical monograph to be written (Zamponi 2003).
Betoi
is generally seen as an isolate, though Kaufman (2007) included it in Macro-Paesan.
Prior to Curnow's correction, the Paezan "family" had been connected to various other families. Greenberg included Paezan in a "Macro-Chibchan" (or "Chibchan–Paezan") stock with Barbacoan, Chibchan, Chocoan, Jirajaran, and the isolates
Betoi
, Kamsá (Sibundoy), Yaruro, Esmeraldeño, Mochica, Cunza (Atacameño), Itonama, and Yurumanguí. Morris Swadesh's "Paezan" included Páez, Barbacoan, Coconucan, Andaquí, Cunza, Kapixana, and Mashubí. Kaufman's (1990, 1994) "Macro-Páesan "cluster"" proposal included "Paesan" (as explained above)–Barbacoan, Cunza–Kapixana,
Betoi
, Itonama, and Warao.
Constenla's (1991) Colombian–Central American area consists primarily of Chibchan languages, but also include Lencan, Jicaquean, Misumalpan, Chocoan, and
Betoi
(Constenla 1992:103). This area consists of the following areal traits.
The Jirajaran languages are generally regarded as isolates. Adelaar and Muysken note certain lexical similarities with the Timotean languages and typological similarity to the Chibchan languages, but state that the data is too limited to make a definitive classification. Jahn, among others, has suggested a relation between the Jirajaran language and the
Betoi
languages, mostly on the basis of similar ethnonyms. Greenberg and Ruhlen classify Jirajaran as belonging to the Paezan language family, along with the
Betoi
languages, the Páez language, the Barbacoan languages and others.
Greenberg proposed a broader conception of Macro-Chibchan, one dismissed by linguists working on the families in question. It included Yanomam, Purépecha, and Cuitlatec in addition to Chibchan–Misulmalpan–Xinca–Lenca. Greenberg (1987) included Paezan languages in a Chibchan-Paezan stock with Barbacoan, Chibchan, Chocoan, Jirajaran, and the isolates
Betoi
, Kamsá (Sibundoy language), Yaruro, Esmeraldeño, Mochica, Cunza, Itonama, and Yurumanguí.
Cephalotes
betoi
is a species of arboreal ant of the genus "Cephalotes", characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.