Yanam | |
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Ninam | |
Native to | Brazil, Venezuela |
Native speakers
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800 in Brazil (2010) 100 in Venezuela (no date) including 430 Yaroamë (2015) |
Yanomam
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | nina1238 |
Yanam, or Ninam, is a Yanomaman language spoken in Roraima, Brazil (800 speakers) and southern Venezuela near the Mucajai, upper Uraricáa, and Paragua rivers.
Yanam is also known by the following names: Ninam, Yanam–Ninam, Xirianá, Shiriana Casapare, Kasrapai, Jawaperi, Crichana, Jawari, Shiriana, Eastern Yanomaman.
Gordon (2009) reports 2 main varieties (Northern, Southern). Kaufman (1994) reports 3:
The name Jawari is shared with Yaroamë.