Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) was a
Chapacuran language 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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