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| Yanomám | |
|---|---|
| Yąnomamɨ | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Roraima, Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2006)[1] |
Yanomam
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Brazil ( Amazonas)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wca |
| Glottolog | yano1262 |
| ELP | Yanomam |
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Yanomám, also Waiká (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),[3] is one of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
The names Waika (Guaica) and Yanomami are shared with the Yanomamö language.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | plain | p | t | k | ||
| aspirated | tʰ | |||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
/ɾ/ may aso be realized as [l].[4] A glottal stop [ʔ] occurs between vowels but is not phonemic. The language does not distinguish voiced and voiceless stops, and the stops may be realized as either voiced or voiceless.[5]
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Mid | e ẽ | ə | o õ |
| Open | a ã |
References
[edit]- ↑ Yanomám at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ "Amazonas passa a ter 16 línguas indígenas oficiais; saiba quais são". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. ISBN 978-85-8226-076-0
- ↑ Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. ISBN 978-85-8226-076-0
- ↑ Ferreira, Helder Perri (2017). Yanomama Clause Structure (PDF). Utrecht: LOT. ISBN 978-94-6093-258-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2021.
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