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Name: Yanomam

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Yanomami; Waiká; Yanoam; Yanomaé; Surara; Xurima; Parahuri; Central Waicá; Waicá; Yanam; Yanomaman language area; Yanomámi; Yanomamé

Spoken in: Brazil

Number of speakers: 9,000 (1994 SIL). ISA (2000) gives 11,700 for all Yanomam groups in Brazil (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 4000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 9000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: wca

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Yanomaman (Yanoman)

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

Child Dialects: Nanomam; Karime (wca-nan) Yanomay; Toototobi (wca-yay) Yanamam; Patimitheri; Waika (wca-yan) Yanomam; Naomam; Guadema; Wadema; Warema (wca-yao) Jauari; Joari; Yoari; Aica (wca-jau)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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