Mamaindé language
| Mamaindê | |
|---|---|
| Northern Nambikwara | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Mato Grosso |
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Native speakers
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250 (2009) to 340 (2007–2010) |
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Nambikwaran
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: wmd – Mamaindé proper ltn – Latundê lkd – Lakondê xtw – Tawandê xyl – Yalakalore (presumed but unattested) apv – Alapmunte |
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Linguist list
|
xyl Yalakalore |
apv Alapmunte |
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| Glottolog | nort3153 |
Mamaindê, also known as Northern Nambikwara, is a Nambikwaran language spoken in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil, in the very north of the indigenous reserve, Terra Indígena Vale do Guaporé, between the Pardo and Cabixi Rivers. In the southern part of the reserve, speakers of Sabanê and Southern Nambikwara are found.
Among the Nambikwaran languages, at least Northern (Mamainde), Southern (Nambikwara), and Sabane are mutually unintelligible. Mamainde, however, is a dialect cluster, and its varieties are sometimes considered distinct languages. The following distinctions are made by Eberhard (2009). Population figures are those of Ethnologue 16, dated 2007:
Yelelihre is another unattested Nambikwaran variety.
Anonby & Eberhard (2008:4) list geographic locations for the following 3 Northern Nambikuara language varieties.
The following description is based on Mamaindê proper.
Mamaindê has five vowels:
Each of the vowels have a nasalized counterpart.
Mamaindê has 14 consonants:
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