Yanomamö language
For other ethnic Yanomami languages, see Yanomaman languages.
| Yanomamö | |
|---|---|
| Yąnomamɨ | |
| Native to | Venezuela, Brazil |
| Region | Orinoco–Mavaca; Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2000–2006)[1] |
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Yanomam
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
guu |
| Glottolog |
yano1261[2] |
Yanomamö (Yąnomamɨ) is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
References
- ↑ Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yanomamö". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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