Mehinaku language
Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil.[3] One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.[1]
| Mehináku | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso |
| Ethnicity | Mehinako |
Native speakers | 230 (2006)[1] |
Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mmh |
qdv Waura–Mehináku | |
| Glottolog | mehi1240 |
| ELP | Mehináku[2] |
References
- Mehináku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Mehináku.
- Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)
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