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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mehinacú, Minaco, Mehinacu, Mehináku, Mehinaco, Mahinaku, Mahinacu, Meinaku, Uara, Aura
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Central
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mmh
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Waurá-Mehinaku (Uara, Aura, Mahinacu): Ethnologue has Mehináku (Mehinaco, Mahinaku, Minaco) as a separate language, but said to be “somewhat intelligible with Waurá”, and Waurá is reportedly “partially intelligible with Mehináku”. Aikhenvald (1999a: 67) also has Waurá and Mehinaku as separate languages. ELCat would prefer to have a single entry for Mehinku and Waurá, but given the difference of opinion, both languages have separate entries.

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Information from: “Waurá e Mehináku: um breve estudo comparativo” (196-205) . Mori, Angel Corbera (2012)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
227
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
A população mehináku é de, aproximadamente, 227 pessoas (ISA, 2006), todos são falantes ativos da língua nativa. (p.197)

[The Mehináku population is approximately 227 persons (ISA, 2006), all are active speakers of the native language.]

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Há duas aldeias mehináku: Utawana e Uyaipiyuku [Uyaipioko], ambas localizadas às margens do rio Kurisevo, município de Gaúcha do Norte. (p.197)

[There are two Mehináku villages: Utawana and Uyaipiyuku [Uyaipioko], both located on the banks of the Kurisevo River, municipality of North Gaucha.]

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
227
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Mehinako: 200 speakers, 227 ethnic populations (20006)

(Cf. Waurá: 321 speakers, 321 ethnic population (2008).)

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
121
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
199
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
199

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mato Grosso, Parque Indigena do Xingu, Tuatuari and Kurisevo rivers area, in the Jalapapuh Community

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2002).

[mmh]: 230 (2006 FUNASA; all Mehinaku speak their mother tongue (Crevels 2007); combined Waura [wau] and Mehinaku speakers: 600 (2011); ethnic population: 230 (2006 FUNASA). Somewhat intelligible of Waurá [wau]. There is a dialect of Mehinaku called Waurá-kumá which is influenced by Waurá [wau] (2014).
[wau]: 320 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 320 (Moore 2006). Partially intelligible of Mehináku [mmh] (2014).

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Mato Grosso, Xingú Park.

16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		200		100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2002). [mmh]: 230 (2006 FUNASA; all Mehinaku speak their mother tongue (Crevels 2007); combined Waura [wau] and Mehinaku speakers: 600 (2011); ethnic population: 230 (2006 FUNASA). Somewhat intelligible of Waurá [wau]. There is a dialect of Mehinaku called Waurá-kumá which is influenced by Waurá [wau] (2014). [wau]: 320 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 320 (Moore 2006). Partially intelligible of Mehináku [mmh] (2014).	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Mato Grosso, Xingú Park.	Brazil;
3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		200		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-12.5423,-53.2403
		2007	South America	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	103-196	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge					Mily Crevels	Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	199	199	2002	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil	Mato Grosso, Parque Indigena do Xingu, Tuatuari and Kurisevo rivers area, in the Jalapapuh Community
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			121		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1	2012	Waurá e Mehináku: um breve estudo comparativo		196-205			ESTUDOS LINGUÍSTICOS	41		http://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/artigo%3Acorbera-2012-waura/corbera_2012_waura.pdf	Mori, Angel Corbera	Mori, Angel Corbera. "Waurá e Mehináku: um breve estudo comparativo." ESTUDOS LINGUÍSTICOS 41.1 (2012): 196-205.			227		100-999	A população mehináku é de, aproximadamente, 227 pessoas (ISA, 2006), todos são falantes ativos da língua nativa. (p.197) [The Mehináku population is approximately 227 persons (ISA, 2006), all are active speakers of the native language.]	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Há duas aldeias mehináku: Utawana e Uyaipiyuku [Uyaipioko], ambas localizadas às margens do rio Kurisevo, município de Gaúcha do Norte. (p.197) [There are two Mehináku villages: Utawana and Uyaipiyuku [Uyaipioko], both located on the banks of the Kurisevo River, municipality of North Gaucha.]	Brazil
		2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234	Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona	Mouton de Gruyter			Berlin		Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.		227	200	2006	100-999	Mehinako: 200 speakers, 227 ethnic populations (20006) (Cf. Waurá: 321 speakers, 321 ethnic population (2008).)	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil

Mehináku

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

227

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

121

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

199

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Discussion

Mehináku

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

227

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

121

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

199

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Discussion

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