Amanayé language

Endangered Tupian language of Brazil
Amanayé
Native toBrazil
RegionPará, São Domingos do Capim
EthnicityAmanayé people
Extinctby 2001?
Language family
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. 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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Tupian languages
Arikem
Tupari
MondéPuruborá–
RamaramaYurunaMundurukuMaweti–Guarani
Aweti–Guarani
Tupi–Guarani
Guarani (I)
Guarayu (II)
Tupi (III)
Tenetehara (IV)
Xingu (V)
Kawahíb (VI)
Kamayurá (VII)
Northern (VIII)
Proto-languages
Italics indicate extinct languages


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