Waiká language
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Waiká | |
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Yąnomamɨ | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Roraima, Amazonas |
Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers
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6,000 (2006)[1] |
Yanomam
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wca |
Glottolog | yano1262 [2] |
Waiká, also Yanomámi, is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
The names Waika (Guaica) and Yanomami are shared with the Yanomamö language.
References
- ↑ Waiká at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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