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sanuma language
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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 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 yanomam languageA YanomamLanguage is any of four languages found in Brazil and Venezuela that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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