Endangered Languages Project - Sanumá

Sanumá

^{[aka Sanuma, Sanum, Sanɨma]}

Classification: Yanomaman

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sanuma, Sanum, Sanɨma, Tsanuma, Sanema, Samatari, Guaika, Samatli, Xamatari, Shiriana, Sanemá, Sanima, Samatali, Chirichano, Sanma
CLASSIFICATION		Yanomaman
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		xsu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Cobari (Cobariwa Kobali) Yanoma (Kohoroxitari)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,497
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3,497
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 462 speakers (and ethnic population) in Brazil (2006) and 3,035 speakers (and ethnic population) in Venezuela (2001), where the language is known as Sanïma.

DATE OF INFO: 2006 Brazil, 2001 Venezuela

PLACES: Brazil and Venezuela

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,074
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,410
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"4,610 in Venezuela (2000). 500 Yanoma in Venezuela."
5070 (2016).

PLACES: Venezuela; Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas and Bolivar states, along Caura, Erebato, and Ventuari rivers; along Upper Auaris west to upper Padamo river area.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
855
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

4.5,-64.6666666667

COORDINATES

4.4669,-64.1931

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press