Wanyam | |
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Region | Brazil |
Extinct | a few families in the 1970s[1] |
Chapacuran
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | wany1246 |
Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) was a Chapacuran language of Rondônia, between the rivers São Miguel and Cautário. Abitana was a dialect.
Dialects of Wanyam:[2]
Lévi-Strauss had also proposed a Huanyam linguistic stock consisting of Mataua Cujuna (Cuijana), Urunamakan, Cabishí, Cumaná, Abitana-Huanyam (from Snethlage's data), and Pawumwa (from Haseman's data).[2]