Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) was a
Chapacuran language
The Chapacuran languages are a nearly extinct Native American language family of South America. Almost all Chapacuran languages are extinct, and the four that are extant are moribund. They are spoken in Rondônia in the southern Amazon Basin of ...
of
Rondônia
Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...
, between the rivers
São Miguel and
Cautário. Abitana was a dialect.
Dialects
Dialects of Wanyam:
*Cabishi (spurious)
*Cujuna
*Cumaná (Cutianá)
*Matama (Matawa)
*Urunamacan
*Pawumwa (Abitana Wanyam)
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).
References
Chapacuran languages
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