Wanyam language
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| Wanyam | |
|---|---|
| Wanham | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Ethnicity | Wanám |
| Extinct | after 1997, with the death of Firmino Miguelem[1][2] |
Chapacuran
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xbx Kabixi (retired)[a] |
| Glottolog | wany1246 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) is a Chapacuran language of Rondônia, between the rivers São Miguel and Cautário. Abitana was a dialect. It was spoken by a few families in the 1970s, but is now extinct.[3] As of 1997, one speaker, Firmino Miguelem, was known of the Miguelenho (Uomo) variety.[1]
Dialects
[edit | edit source]Dialects of Wanyam:[4]
- Cabishi (ambiguous name, not to be confused with unclassified Cabixi-Natterer)
- Cujuna
- Cumaná (Cutianá)
- Matama (Matawa)
- Urunamacan
- Pawumwa (Abitana-Wanyam)[5]
Lévi-Strauss had also proposed a Huanyam linguistic stock consisting of Mataua, Cujuna (Cuijana), Urunamakan, Cabishí, Cumaná, Abitana-Huanyam (from Snethlage's data), and Pawumwa (from Haseman's data).[4]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The ISO 639 code categorized Cabishi as a "Chapacura-Wanham" language; i.e. a Chapacuran language.
References
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