Glottolog yami1255 | ||
Ethnicity Yaminawá and related peoples Native speakers 3,100 (2000–2011)including an est. 400 uncontacted (2007) Language family PanoanMainline PanoanNawaHeadwatersYaminawa ISO 639-3 Variously:yaa – Yaminawaywn – Yawanawamcd – Sharanawaswo – Shaninawamts – Yora | ||
Yaminawa (Yaminahua) is a Panoan language of western Amazonia. It is spoken by the Yaminawá and some related peoples.
Yaminawa constitutes an extensive dialect cluster. Attested dialects are two or more Brazilian Yaminawa dialects, Peruvian Yaminawa, Chaninawa, Chitonawa, Mastanawa, Parkenawa (= Yora or "Nawa"), Shanenawa (Xaninaua, = Katukina de Feijó), Sharanawa (= Marinawa), Shawannawa (= Arara), Yawanawa, Yaminawa-arara (obsolescent; very similar to Shawannawa/Arara), Nehanawa†)
Very few Yaminawá speak Spanish or Portuguese, though the Shanenawa have mostly shifted to Portuguese.
References
Yaminawa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA