Endangered Languages Project - Banawá

Banawá

^{[aka Banawá Yafí, Baniwá-Jafí,]}

Classification: Arawan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Banawá Yafí, Baniwá-Jafí
CLASSIFICATION		Arawan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		jaa-kit
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (Lewis et al. 2016) considers Banawá Yafí (Kitiya) [200 speakers] and Jarawara [160 etnic] to be dialects of Jamamadí [jaa] (a.k.a. Canamanti, Kanamanti, Madi, Yamamadí). Listed by Campbell (2012) as: Madi (Jarawara [Jarauára, Jaruára], Jamamadi, Banawá [Banivá, Baniwá-Jafí, Kitiya, Banavá, Banauá, Jafí]). Listed by Kaufman (2007) as: Banawá emergent language in the Jamamadí language area of the Arawan family.

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
215
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
215

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Brazil, Amazonas State

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Upriver from the Jamamadi, Terra Indigena Banawa/Rio Piranhas.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
220
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Mostly monolingual

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jamamadí [jaa]: Amazonas in Jaruara, 7 villages in Lábrea municipality; Banawá River area; the rest scattered over a large area.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas in Jaruara, 7 villages in Lábrea municipality; Banawá River area; the rest scattered over a large area.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
195
Native speakers worldwide

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