Yanomamö language
Appearance
Yanomamö | |
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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 |
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
Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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 | |
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Close | i, ĩ | ɨ, ɨ̃ | u, ũ |
Mid | e, ẽ | ə | o, õ |
Open | a, ã |
References
- ^ Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.