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:[2]
- 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).[2]
References
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ a b Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
 | This article related to the Indigenous languages of the Americas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This page was last edited on 7 August 2023, at 14:19