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Jamamadí

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: jaa
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	480 (2005 SIL). 12 Mamoria, 100 Banawá, 180 Jaruára.
Region	Amazonas in Jaruara, 7 villages in Lábrea Municipality; Banawá River area; the rest scattered over a large area.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 38
Alternate names	Canamanti, Kanamanti, Madi, Yamamadí
Dialects	Bom Futuro, Jurua, Pauini, Mamoria (Mamori), Cuchudua (Maima), Tukurina, Jaruára (Jarawara, Yarawara), Kitiya (Banawá, Banauá, Banavá, Jafí). Other groups called ‘Jamamadí’ are more similar to Kulina [cul] or Dení [dny]. Tukurina dialect may be a separate language. Related to Karipuna [kuq].
Classification	Arauan
Language use	Vigorous. School, religious services, letters. All ages. All also use some Portuguese.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Jamamadí 60%–100%; Jaruára 50%; Kitiya 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Jamamadí 75%–100%; Jaruára 5%–15%; Kitiya 5%. Bible portions: 1991.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	People want a school. OSV. Agriculturalists; hunters; fishermen. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANONBY, Sandy; ANONBY, Stan, authors. 2007. "A report on three Arauan speech varieties (Jamamadi, Jarawara, and Banawá) of the Amazon."  

BULLER, Barbara; BULLER, Ernest; EVERETT, Daniel L., authors. 1993. "Stress placement, syllable structure, and minimality in Banawá."

CAMPBELL, Barbara, author. 1985. "Jamamadi noun phrases."  

CAMPBELL, Barbara, author. 1986. "Repetition in Jamamadí discourse."  

CAMPBELL, Barbara, author. 1987. "Repetição no discurso jamamadí."  

CAMPBELL, Barbara, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1977. Conjunctions in Jamamadi Narrative.  

CAMPBELL, Barbara; CAMPBELL, Robert, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1964. Jamamadí Preliminary Phonemic Statement.  

CAMPBELL, Robert, author. 1977. "Marcadores de fonte de informação na língua jamamadí."  

CAMPBELL, Robert, author. 1988. "Avaliação dentro das citações na língua jamamadí."  

CAMPBELL, Robert, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1969. Jamamadí Sentence Structure.  

CAMPBELL, Robert, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1976. Verification in Jamamadi Quotations.  

CAMPBELL, Robert, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1977. Topics and Participants in Jamamadí Narrative.  

DERBYSHIRE, Desmond C., author. 1982. Arawakan (Brazil) morphosyntax.

GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1986. Sentence initial devices.  

GRIMES, Joseph E., editor. 1987. Série lingüística.

HOLLENBACH, Barbara E., author. 1991. Review of: Sentence initial devices, by Joseph E. Grimes, editor.

MURPHY, Isabel I.; VENCIO, Elizabeth, authors. 2009. "Maintaining two worlds: the relevance of mother tongue in Brazil's Amerindian societies."

VOGEL, Alan R., author. 1989. Gender and gender agreement in Jaruára (Arauan).  

VOGEL, Alan R., author. 2003. Jarawara verb classes.  

VOGEL, Alan R., compiler. 2005. Dicionário Jarawara - Português.

VOGEL, Alan R., compiler. 2006. Dicionário Jarawara-Português.  

VOGEL, Alan R., compiler. 2006. Jarawara - English dictionary.  

VOGEL, Alan R., compiler. Available: 2007; Created: 1987-1991. Jarawara interlinear texts = Textos Jarawaras interlineares.  

WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 2009. Review of: The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia, by R. M. W. Dixon and Alan R. Vogel.