Janambre Explained

The Janambre (Xanambre) were an indigenous people of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico. They were the historical enemies of the Pison (Pisones).

Language

The Janambre language, now extinct, is unattested.^[1] William Bright (1955) thought the Janambre language might have been Naolan, an unclassified language of the region.^[2] Other unattested extinct languages of Tamaulipas include Pisone, "Negrito" and Olive.^[3]

See also

• Naolan language
• Tamaulipeco language
• Maratino language
• Quinigua language
• Coahuiltecan languages

Notes and References

1. Book: Mason, John Alden . John Alden Mason

   . John Alden Mason . 1950 . The languages of South America . Julian . Steward . Handbook of South American Indians . 6 . 157–317 . Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143 . Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office.

2. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. .
3. Landar H. (1977) North American Indian Languages. In: Sebeok T.A. (eds) Native Languages of the Americas. Springer, Boston, MA.