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Name: Sanumá

Alternate Names: Sanuma; Sanum; Sanɨma; Tsanuma; Sanema; Samatari; Guaika; Samatli; Xamatari; Shiriana; Sanemá; Sanima; Samatali; Chirichano; Sanma

Spoken in: Venezuela, Brazil

Number of speakers: 4,610 in Venezuela (2000). 500 Yanoma in Venezuela. Population total all countries: 6,410 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 855 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 5074 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: xsu

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: Yanoma (xsu-yan) Ervato-Ventuari (xsu-erv) Ninam; Shirishiana; Shirishana; Southern Ninam; Mukajai (shb-sou) Cobari; Kobali; Cobariwa (xsu-cob) Auaris (xsu-aua) Caura (xsu-cau) Northern Ninam; Shiriana; Uraricaa-Paragua (shb-nor)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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