Yanomamö language

Yanomamö
Yąnomamɨ
Native to Venezuela, Brazil
Region Orinoco–Mavaca; Amazonas
Ethnicity Yanomami
Native speakers
 20,000 (2000–2006)[1]
Yanomam
  • Yanomamö
Dialects
  • Cobari (Kobali)
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.

Phonology

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive plain p t k
aspirated tʰ
Fricative s ʃ h
Rhotic ɾ
Nasal m n
Approximant w j
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e ə o
Open a

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References

  1. ↑ Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yanomamö". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ "Yanomamö". South American Phonological Inventory Database. Retrieved 2018-03-22.


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