Ninam language

Not to be confused with Shiriana language.
For the village, see Ninam, Satara district.
Yanam
Ninam
Native to Brazil, Venezuela
Native speakers
800 in Brazil (2010)[1]
100 in Venezuela (no date)[2]
including 430 Yaroamë (2015)
Yanomam
  • Yanam
Language codes
ISO 639-3 shb
Glottolog nina1238[3]

Yanam, or Ninam, is a Yanomaman language spoken in Roraima, Brazil (800 speakers) and southern Venezuela near the Mucajai, upper Uraricáa, and Paragua rivers.

Synonymy

Yanam is also known by the following names: Ninam, Yanam–Ninam, Xirianá, Shiriana Casapare, Kasrapai, Jawaperi, Crichana, Jawari, Shiriana, Eastern Yanomaman.

Regional variation

Gordon (2009) reports 2 main varieties (Northern, Southern). Kaufman (1994) reports 3:

  1. Yanam (AKA Northern Yanam/Ninam (Xiliana, Shiriana, Uraricaa-Paragua))
  2. Ninam (AKA Southern Yanam/Ninam (Xilixana, Shirishana, Mukajai))
  3. Jawarib

The name Jawari is shared with Yaroamë.

References

  1. Yanam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Ninam at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ninam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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