Sanapaná language explained

Sanapaná
Nativename:	Sanapana payvoma
States:	Paraguay
Ethnicity:	2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census)
Date:	2007
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Mascoian
Iso3:	spn
Glotto:	sana1298
Glottorefname:	Sanapaná

Sanapana (sanapana payvoma^[2]) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco.

Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet;^[3] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.

Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels are noted as /e a o/.^[4]

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Nasal		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Fricative			pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/
Lateral			pronounced as /link/
			pronounced as /link/
Semivowel				pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

External links

• Sanapaná (Angaité dialect) (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
• Sanapaná (Enlhet dialect) (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISO change request. 5 April 2021.
2. http://www.enlhet.org/pdf/nne28-enlhet-enenlhet.pdf
3. Web site: Sanapaná. pueblosoriginarios.com. 5 April 2021.
4. Book: van Gysel, Jens. Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): A Descriptive and Comparative Study. Leiden University. 2017. 27–38.