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Amanayé language

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

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).

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.