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Yanomamö language

Yanomamö language

One of several languages spoken by the Yanomami people of Brazil

For other ethnic Yanomami languages, see Yanomaman languages.

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.

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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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References

  1. [1]
    Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Ferreira, Helder Perri (2017). Yanomama Clause Structure (PDF). Utrecht: LOT. ISBN 978-94-6093-258-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-18.
  3. [3]
    Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.; Dixon, R.M.W. (1999). The Amazonian Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521570213.
  4. [4]
    Lizot, Jacques (2004). Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmī. Vicariato Apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho. ISBN 9789806800007. OCLC 61157955.

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