ELP ID
5905
ELP Language
Mehináku
Speaker Number
100-999
Public Comment
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).
Source
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
200
Speaker Number Range
100-999