Wanyam language
| Wanyam | |
|---|---|
| Wanham | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Ethnicity | Wanám |
| Extinct | after 1970s[1] |
Chapacuran
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xbx Kabixi (retired)[a] |
| Glottolog | wany1246 |
Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) is a Chapacuran language of Rondônia, between the rivers São Miguel and Cautário. Abitana was a dialect. It was spoken by a few families in the 1970s, but is now extinct.
Dialects
[edit]Dialects of Wanyam:[2]
- Cabishi (ambiguous name)
- Cujuna
- Cumaná (Cutianá)
- Matama (Matawa)
- Urunamacan
- Pawumwa (Abitana Wanyam)[3]
Lévi-Strauss had also proposed a Huanyam linguistic stock consisting of Mataua, Cujuna (Cuijana), Urunamakan, Cabishí, Cumaná, Abitana-Huanyam (from Snethlage's data), and Pawumwa (from Haseman's data).[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The ISO 639 code categorized Cabishi as a "Chapacura-Wanham" language; i.e. a Chapacuran language.
References
[edit]- ^ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 – s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. ISSN 1535-0665.
- ^ a b Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians (PDF). Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
- ^ "Accept Terms and Conditions on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
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