Amanayé language

(Redirected from ISO 639:xaj)

Amanayé (Amanaje) is a possibly extinct Tupi language last spoken in the town of São Domingos on the Capim River in Pará State, Brazil.[1][2] The closely related but possibly distinct language is Ararandewara, which is spoken at the headwaters of the Moju River (Lang 1914).

Amanayé
Native toBrazil
RegionPará, São Domingos do Capim
EthnicityAmanayé people
Extinctby 2001?
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ama – Amanaye
xaj – Ararandewara
Glottologaman1266
ELPAmanayé

References

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  1. ^ Steward, Julian Haynes (1946). Handbook of South American Indians. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 199.
  2. ^ Derbyshire, Desmond C.; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2010-12-14). Handbook of Amazonian Languages. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter. p. 495. ISBN 978-3-11-082212-0.