Ninam

Facts

  • Language: Ninam
  • Alternate names: Yanam, Nimam, Xiriâna, Casapare, Kasrapai, Jawaperi, Crichana, Jawari, Shiriana, Shirianá, Samatari, Yanam-Ninam, Xirianá, Shiriana Casapare,
  • Language code: shb
  • Language family: Yanomaman (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 560
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Distinct from the Arawakan Xiriâna (See: [[Xiriâna]]).

    The variety called Yaroame (ISO 639-3 code: yro) is considered by linguists including Helder Feirrera to be a language distinct from Ninam; however, opinions on this dialect-language division are varied, as there is some mutual intelligibility between Ninam varieties. For the purposes of the Catalogue of Endangered Languages, Yaroame is considered a variety of Ninam.