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Sanapaná language

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Sanapaná
Sanapana payvoma
Native toParaguay
Ethnicity2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census)[1]
Native speakers
980 (2007)[1]
Mascoian
  • Sanapaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3spn
Glottolognucl1655
ELPSanapaná

Sanapana (sanapana payvoma[2]) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco. Use is vigorous, and it is a language of instruction in primary schools.[this may be Angaite, not Sanapana].

Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet;[3] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.

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