(documentation SanumaLanguage EnglishLanguage "The SanumaLanguage is a YanomamLanguage of Brazil. SIL code: SAM. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 462 in Brazil (1976 UFM). Population total both countries: 1,500 to 4,500. Region: Auaris River, Roraima. Alternate names: TSANUMA, SANEMA, GUAIKA, SAMATARI, SAMATALI, XAMATARI. Dialects: CAURA, ERVATO-VENTUARI, AUARIS. Comments: Dialects are closely related. In some areas up to 25% of the speakers are bilingual in Maquiritare. Also spoken in: Venezuela. (Language name: SANUMA.) Population: 1,000 to 4,000 in Venezuela (1976 UFM). Alternate names: TSANUMA, SANEMA, GUAIKA, SAMATARI, SAMATALI, XAMATARI, CHIRICHANO. Comments: Three dialects. Nearly all are monolingual. See main entry under Brazil.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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