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 ...
.
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
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