Yanomamö language

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Yanomamö
Yąnomamɨ
Native to Venezuela, Brazil
Region OrinocoMavaca; Amazonas
Ethnicity Yanomami
Native speakers 15,600  (2000)[1]
Language family
Yanomam
  • Yanomamö
Language codes
ISO 639-3 guu

Yanomamö (Yąnomamɨ), or Cobari (Kobali), 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 [edit]

  1. ^ Yanomamö at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)