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Yanomamö language

Yanomamö (ISO 639-3 code guu) is a language of the Yanomamic family spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. It has about 18,234 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codeguu
Glottocodeyano1261
FamilyYanomamic
AreaSouth America
CountriesBrazil, Venezuela
Speakers (estimate)18,234
EndangermentVulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Yanomamic languages, nearest first.

More about Yanomamö

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.