Yaminawa language
| Yaminawa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Yaminawá and related peoples |
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Native speakers
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3,100 (2000–2011) including an est. 400 uncontacted (2007) |
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Panoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: yaa – Yaminawa ywn – Yawanawa mcd – Sharanawa swo – Shaninawa mts – Yora |
| Glottolog | yami1255 |
Yaminawa (Yaminahua) is a Panoan language of western Amazonia. It is spoken by the Yaminawá and some related peoples.
Yaminawa constitutes an extensive dialect cluster. Attested dialects aretwo or more Brazilian Yaminawa dialects, Peruvian Yaminawa, Chaninawa, Chitonawa, Mastanawa, Parkenawa (= Yora or "Nawa"), Shanenawa (Xaninaua, = Katukina de Feijó), Sharanawa (= Marinawa), Shawannawa (= Arara), Yawanawa, Yaminawa-arara (obsolescent; very similar to Shawannawa/Arara), Nehanawa†)
Very few Yaminawá speak Spanish or Portuguese, though the Shanenawa have mostly shifted to Portuguese.
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