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Janambre

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The Janambre (Xanambre) were an indigenous people of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico. They were the historical enemies of the Pison (Pisones).

Language

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The Janambre language, now extinct, is unattested.[1] William Bright (1955) thought the Janambre language might have been Naolan, an unclassified language of the region.[2] Other unattested extinct languages of Tamaulipas include Pisone, "Negrito" and Olive.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
  2. ^ Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
  3. ^ Landar H. (1977) North American Indian Languages. In: Sebeok T.A. (eds) Native Languages of the Americas. Springer, Boston, MA.