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For other ethnic Yanomami languages, see Yanomaman languages.

Yanomamö
Yąnomamɨ
Native to	Venezuela, Brazil
Region	Orinoco–Mavaca; Amazonas
Ethnicity	Yanomami
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 2000–2006)
Language family	Yanomam Yanomamö
Dialects	Cobari (Kobali)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	guu
Glottolog	yano1261
ELP	Yanomamö
Yanomaman languages location   Yanomamö   Ninam   Yanomám   Sanumá   Ỹaroamë

Yanomamö (Yąnomamɨ) is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people. Most speakers are monolingual. It has no natively-used writing system.

Further reading

• Ferreira, Helder Perri (2017). Yanomama Clause Structure: Proefschrift (PDF). ISBN 978-94-6093-260-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023.