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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Venezuela > Yanomamö

Yanomamö

A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3: guu

Population  15,700 in Venezuela (2000). Population total all countries: 17,640.
Region  Orinoco-Mavaca area. Eastern dialect in Parima Mountains, east of Batau River; Western dialect in Padamo River basin, Ocamo, Manaviche, and upper Orinoco rivers and south of Orinoco River up to headwaters of Marania and Cauaburi rivers, large villages in Siapa River area in the south. Also in Brazil.
Language map  Venezuela, reference number 34
Alternate names   Cobari Kobali, Cobariwa, Guaharibo, Guaica, Guajaribo, Shamatari, Yanomame, Yanomami
Dialects  Eastern Yanomami (Parima), Western Yanomami (Padamo-Orinoco). Related to Yanomámi [wca] (Waiká) of Brazil. Cobari dialect is easily intelligible with the others.
Classification  Yanomam
Language development  NT: 1984.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Hunters; agriculturalists: bananas, tubers, tobacco.

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Brazil

Language name   Yanomamö
Population  1,940 in Brazil. ISA (2000) gives 11,700 for all Yanomam groups in Brazil.
Region  Amazonas, upper tributaries of Rio Negro.
Language map  Brazil, reference number 22
Alternate names  Guaharibo, Guaica, Shaathari, Shamatri, Yanomami
Dialects  Eastern Yanomami (Parima), Western Yanomami (Padamo-Orinoco).
Language use  Most are monolingual.