Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),
[Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. ]
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Yanomami people
The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
Etymology
The ethnonym ''Yanomami' ...
in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see
Yanomaman languages
Yanomaman, also as Yanomam, Yanomáman, Yamomámi, and Yanomamana (also Shamatari, Shirianan), is a family of languages spoken by about 20,000 Yanomami people in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas).
Subdivision
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The names ''Waika (Guaica)'' and ''Yanomami'' are shared with the
Yanomamö language
Yanomamö (''Yąnomamɨ'') is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people. Most speakers are monolingual. It has no natively-used writing system. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages
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References
Yanomaman languages
Subject–object–verb languages
Languages of Brazil
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