Yanomamö language

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.

Yanomamö
Yąnomamɨ
Native toVenezuela, Brazil
RegionOrinocoMavaca; Amazonas
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
20,000 (2000–2006)[1]
Yanomam
  • Yanomamö
Dialects
  • Cobari (Kobali)
Language codes
ISO 639-3guu
Glottologyano1261
ELPYanomamö[2]
Distribution in Venezuela

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive plain p t k (ʔ)
aspirated
Fricative f s ʃ h
Flap ɾ
Nasal m n
Approximant w (l) j

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

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i, ĩ ɨ, ɨ̃ u, ũ
Mid e, ẽ ə o, õ
Open a, ã

[3][4]

References

  1. Yanomamö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Yanomamö.
  3. Aikhenvald and Dixon, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. (1999). The Amazonian Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  4. Ferreira, Helder Perri (2017). Yanomama Clause Structure. Utrecht: LOT.


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