Sanapaná language
| Sanapaná | |
|---|---|
| Sanapana payvoma | |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Ethnicity | 2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 980 (2007)[1] |
Mascoian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | spn |
| Glottolog | sana1298 |
| ELP | Sanapaná |
Sanapana (sanapana payvoma[2]) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco.[3]
Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet;[4] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Three vowels are noted as /e a o/.[5]
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | fricative | ɬ | ||||
| approximant | l | |||||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ISO change request" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ http://www.enlhet.org/pdf/nne28-enlhet-enenlhet.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Lengua Sanapaná". Promotora Española de Lingüística. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "Sanapaná". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ van Gysel, Jens (2017). Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): A Descriptive and Comparative Study. Leiden University. pp. 27–38.
External links
[edit]- Sanapaná (Angaité dialect) (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
- Sanapaná (Enlhet dialect) (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
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