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Name: Yanomamö

Alternate Names: Guaicá; Shamateri; Guaharibo; Guajaribo; Yanomamɨ; Yamomame; Guaica; Yanomaman language area; Yanomame; Yanomami; Shamatari; Cobari Kobali; Cobariwa; Yanomani; Yanomamï; Shamatri; Shaathari

Spoken in: Venezuela, Brazil

Number of speakers: 15,700 in Venezuela (2000). Population total all countries: 17,640 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 17653 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: guu

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: SIL

Families: Yanomaman (Yanoman)

Parent Subgroup: Yanomaman; Yanomam; Waican Family; Uaican; Guaican; Shirianan; Chirianan; Guahariban; Yanoama; Yanomamian (yano)

Child Dialects: Western Yanomami; Padamo-Orinoco (guu-wes) Eastern Yanomami; Parima (guu-eas)

Endangerment Status

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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