Yanomamö language

One of several languages spoken by the Yanomami people of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

NativetoVenezuela, Brazil
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 2000–2006)[1]
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Yanomamö
Yąnomamɨ
Native toVenezuela, Brazil
RegionOrinocoMavaca; Amazonas
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 2000–2006)[1]
Yanomam
  • Yanomamö
Dialects
  • Cobari (Kobali)
Language codes
ISO 639-3guu
Glottologyano1261
ELPYanomamö
Yanomaman languages location
  Yanomamö
  Ninam
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Phonology

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/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound. A glottal stop sound [ʔ] can be heard intervocalically.[2]

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