Yaminawa language
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Yaminawa (Yaminahua) is a Panoan language of western Amazonia. It is spoken by the Yaminawá and some related peoples.
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
"Yora language" redirects here. For the Australian languages named Yor, see Yuin–Kuric languages.
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Yaminawa | |
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Yaminahua | |
Native to | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil |
Ethnicity | Yaminawá and related peoples |
Native speakers | 2,729 (2006–2011)[1] Est. 400 uncontacted speakers of Yora (2007) |
Panoan
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Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:yaa – Yaminawaywn – Yawanawámcd – Sharanawaswo – Shaninawamts – Yora |
Glottolog | yami1255 |
ELP | Yaminawa |
Shanenawa[2] |
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Yaminawa constitutes an extensive dialect cluster. Attested dialects are two or more Brazilian Yaminawa dialects, Peruvian Yaminawa, Chaninawa, Chitonawa, Mastanawa, Parkenawa (= Yora or "Nawa"), Shanenawa (Xaninaua, = Katukina de Feijó), Sharanawa (= Marinawa), Shawannawa (= Arara), Yawanawá, Yaminawa-arara (obsolescent; very similar to Shawannawa/Arara), Nehanawa†).[3]
Very few Yaminawá speak Spanish or Portuguese, though the Shanenawa have mostly shifted to Portuguese.[4]