Enawene Nawe language

Not to be confused with Salumá language.
Enawene Nawe
Salumã
Region Mato Grosso, Brazil
Ethnicity Enawene Nawe people
Native speakers
350 (2000)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern

    • Bolivia–Parana?
      • Enawene Nawe
Language codes
ISO 639-3 unk
Glottolog enaw1238[2]

Enawene Nawe (Enawené-Nawé, Enawenê-Nawê, Eneuene-Mare), also known as Salumã, is an Arawakan language of Brazil spoken by about 350 people in the state of Mato Grosso. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it together with Terena and related languages.

References

  1. "Sketch grammar, texts and dictionary of Enawene-Nawe (Arawak, Brazil)". HRELP. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Enawené-Nawé". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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