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Ninam language

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

Not to be confused with Shiriana language. For the village, see Ninam, Satara district. For the musical instrument, see Jivari.

Yanam

Brazil, Venezuela

470 in Brazil (2012)[1]
560 in Venezuela (2010) (excluding Yaroamë)[1]

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Synonymy[edit]

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

Northern (Xiriana): and Saúba

Ericó

Southern:

Mucajaí

Central:

Uraricoera

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


The name Jawari is shared with Yaroamë.


There are three dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil according to Ferreira, et al. (2019):[2]


The remaining speakers of Arutani and Sapé also speak Ninam (Shirián), since they now mostly live in Ninam villages.[3][4]

Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press.  0-19-509427-1.

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Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.

Migliazza, Ernest; & Grimes, J. E. (1961). Shiriana phonology. Anthropological Linguistics. (June).

(Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

Ninam (Shirishana variety)