Yanam language

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location of Roraima, Brazil
location of Roraima, Brazil

Yanam is a Yanomaman language spoken by approximately 560 speakers in Roraima, Brazil (460 speakers) and southern Venezuela near the Mucajai, upper Uraricáa, and Paragua rivers.

[edit] Synonymy

Yanam is also known by the following names: Ninam, Yanam-Ninam, Xirianá, Shiriana Casapare, Kasrapai, Jawaperi, Crichana, Jawari, Shiriana, Eastern Yanomaman.

Yanam should not be confused with the Maipurean (unclassified Upper Amazon branch) Shiriana language of Roraima, Brazil.

[edit] Regional variation

Gordon (2005) reports 2 main varieties (Yanam, Ninam). Kaufman (1994) reports 3:

  1. Yanam (a.k.a. Northern Yanam)
  2. Ninam (a.k.a. Southern Yanam)
  3. Jawarib

[edit] Bibliography

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
  • Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46-76). London: Routledge.
  • Migliazza, Ernest; & Grimes, J. E. (1961). Shiriana phonology. Anthropological Linguistics. (June).


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