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Yanomámi language

Yanomámi (ISO 639-3 code wca) is a language of the Yanomamic family spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. It has about 4,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codewca
Glottocodeyano1262
FamilyYanomamic
AreaSouth America
CountriesBrazil, Venezuela
Speakers (estimate)4,000
EndangermentThreatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Yanomamic languages, nearest first.

More about Yanomámi

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.