Yanomamö language
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| Yanomamö | |
|---|---|
| Yąnomamɨ | |
| Native to | Venezuela, Brazil |
| Region | Orinoco–Mavaca; Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2000–2006)[1] |
Yanomam
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | guu |
| Glottolog | yano1261 |
| ELP | Yanomamö |
 Distribution in Venezuela | |
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. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
Phonology[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | plain | p | t | k | (ʔ) | |
| aspirated | tʰ | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Approximant | w | (l) | j | |||
/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound. A glottal stop sound [ʔ] can be heard intervocalically.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, ĩ | ɨ, ɨ̃ | u, ũ |
| Mid | e, ẽ | ə | o, õ |
| Open | a, ã |
References[edit]
- ^ Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Aikhenvald and Dixon, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. (1999). The Amazonian Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Ferreira, Helder Perri (2017). Yanomama Clause Structure. Utrecht: LOT.