Amanayé language
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Amanayé | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Pará, São Domingos do Capim |
Ethnicity | Amanayé people |
Extinct | by 2001? |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ama – Amanayexaj – Ararandewara |
Glottolog | aman1266 |
ELP | Amanayé |
Amanayé (Amanaje) is a possibly extinct Tupi language last spoken in the town of São Domingos on the Capim River in Pará State, Brazil.[1][2] The closely related but possibly distinct language is Ararandewara, which is spoken at the headwaters of the Moju River (Lang 1914).
References
[edit]- ^ Steward, Julian Haynes (1946). Handbook of South American Indians. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 199.
- ^ Derbyshire, Desmond C.; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2010-12-14). Handbook of Amazonian Languages. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter. p. 495. ISBN 978-3-11-082212-0.