• Source: Wanyam language

Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) was a Chapacuran language of Rondônia, between the rivers São Miguel and Cautário. Abitana was a dialect.




Dialects


Dialects of Wanyam:

Cabishi (spurious)
Cujuna
Cumaná (Cutianá)
Matama (Matawa)
Urunamacan
Pawumwa (Abitana Wanyam)
Lévi-Strauss had also proposed a Huanyam linguistic stock consisting of Mataua Cujuna (Cuijana), Urunamakan, Cabishí, Cumaná, Abitana-Huanyam (from Snethlage's data), and Pawumwa (from Haseman's data).




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Wanyam language
• Classification of the Indigenous languages of the Americas
• Chapacuran languages
• Huanyam
• Madeira River
• List of indigenous languages of South America