Yanam language

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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.

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.

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

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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