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| Nambikwaran | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Mato Grosso, Rondônia and Pará, in Brazil |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | namb1299 |
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The Nambikwaran languages are a language family of half a dozen languages, all spoken in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. They have traditionally been considered dialects of a single language, but at least three of them are mutually unintelligible.
- Mamaindê (250-340)
- Nambikwara (720)
- Sabanê (3)
The varieties of Mamaindê are often seen as dialects of a single language but are treated as separate Northern Nambikwaran languages by Ethnologue. Sabanê is a single speech community and thus has no dialects, while the Nambikwara language has been described as having eleven.[1]
The total number of speakers is estimated to be about 1,000, with Nambikwara proper being 80% of that number.[2] Most Nambikwara are monolingual but some young men speak Portuguese.[3] Especially the men of the Sabanê group are trilingual, speaking both Portuguese and Mamainde.[4]
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
- ^ Nambiquaran languages. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
- ^ Kroeker, 2001 p. 1
- ^ Ethnologue. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.