Yanomamö language explained

Yanomamö
Nativename:Yąnomamɨ
States:Venezuela, Brazil
Region:OrinocoMavaca; Amazonas
Ethnicity:Yanomami
Date:2000–2006
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Yanomam
Dia1:Cobari (Kobali)
Iso3:guu
Glotto:yano1261
Glottorefname:Yanomamö
Map:Yanomaman.svg
Mapcaption:Yanomaman languages location

Yanomamö (Yąnomamɨ) is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people. Most speakers are monolingual. It has no natively-used writing system. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.

Phonology

!Labial!Dental!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosiveplainpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/(pronounced as /ink/)
aspiratedpronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Flappronounced as /ink/
Nasalpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/(pronounced as /ink/)pronounced as /ink/
/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound. A glottal stop sound [ʔ] can be heard intervocalically.[1]
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/
[2] [3]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ferreira, Helder Perri. Yanomama Clause Structure. LOT. Utrecht. 2017. 978-94-6093-258-8 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418120709/https://www.lotpublications.nl/Documents/475_fulltext_part1.pdf . 2021-04-18.
  2. Book: The Amazonian Languages. Aikhenvald . Alexandra Y. . Dixon . R.M.W.. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Cambridge. 9780521570213.
  3. Book: Lizot, Jacques . Jacques Lizot. Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmī . Vicariato Apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho . 2004 . 9789806800007 . 61157955.