Yanomamö language
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Yanomamö (''Yąnomamɨ'') is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the
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' ...
. Most speakers are monolingual. It has no natively-used writing system. 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 Ferr ...
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Phonology

/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant sound. A glottal stop sound can be heard intervocalically.


References

Yanomaman languages Subject–object–verb languages Languages of Venezuela Languages of Brazil {{na-lang-stub