Amanayé language explained

Amanayé
States:Brazil
Region:Pará, São Domingos do Capim
Ethnicity:Amanayé people
Extinct:by 2001?
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Tupian
Fam2:Tupi–Guaraní
Fam3:Xingu
Lc1:ama
Ld1:Amanaye
Lc2:xaj
Ld2:Ararandewara
Glotto:aman1266
Glottorefname:Amanayé

Amanayé (Amanaje) is a possibly extinct Tupi language last spoken in the town of São Domingos on the Capim River in Pará State, Brazil.[1] [2] The closely related but possibly distinct language is Ararandewara, which is spoken at the headwaters of the Moju River (Lang 1914).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Steward, Julian Haynes . Handbook of South American Indians . 1946 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 199 . en.
  2. Book: Derbyshire, Desmond C. . Handbook of Amazonian Languages . Pullum . Geoffrey K. . 2010-12-14 . Walter de Gruyter . 978-3-11-082212-0 . 1 . 495 . en.