Yanomám
Yąnomamɨ
Yanomám is a Yanomamic language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela, by about 6,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Yanomám, also Waiká (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami), is one of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
The names Waika (Guaica) and Yanomami are shared with the Yanomamö language.
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Words in Yanomám
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yanomam* | |
| name | waf3* | |
| eye | mamo* | |
| ear | y3m3ka* | |
| nose | fuSu* | |
| tooth | na* | |
| tongue | aka* | |
| hand | imik* | |
| blood | iy3* | |
| bone | u* | |
| skin | si* | |
| knee | mafeko* | |
| breast | sufuup* | |
| liver | amok* | |
| water | mau u | |
| fire | wak3* | |
| sun | motokaSi* | |
| moon | peripo | |
| star | pirimafu* | |
| stone | mama* | |
| mountain | hefu* | |
| tree | futifi* | |
| leaf | fena* | |
| night | th3mt3t3* | |
| dog | heim* | |
| fish | yuri* | |
| louse | noma* | |
| one | moni* | |
| two | porakapi* | |
| I | kamiy3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- SanumáYanomamic84% alike
- YanomamöYanomamic81% alike
- NinamYanomamic81% alike
- Waimiri-AtroariCariban80% alike
- Tanimuca-RetuarãTucanoan80% alike
- ArabanaPama-Nyungan80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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