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).