Yanomamö language explained
Yanomamö |
Nativename: | Yąnomamɨ |
States: | Venezuela, Brazil |
Region: | Orinoco–Mavaca; 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!GlottalPlosive | plain | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) |
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aspirated | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | | |
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Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Flap | | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound. A glottal stop sound [ʔ] can be heard intervocalically.
[1] Vowels!!Front!Central!BackClose | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ |
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Mid | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ |
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Open | | pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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[2] [3] Further reading
- Book: 978-94-6093-260-1 . Yanomama Clause Structure: Proefschrift . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105163751/https://www.lotpublications.nl/Documents/475_fulltext_part2.pdf . 2023-11-05 . Ferreira . Helder Perri . 2017 .
Notes and References
- 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.
- Book: The Amazonian Languages. Aikhenvald . Alexandra Y. . Dixon . R.M.W.. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Cambridge. 9780521570213.
- Book: Lizot, Jacques . Jacques Lizot. Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmī . Vicariato Apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho . 2004 . 9789806800007 . 61157955.