Sanapaná language

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Sanapaná
Sanapana payvoma
Native to Paraguay
Ethnicity2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census) [1]
Native speakers
980 (2007) [1]
Mascoian
  • Sanapaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3 spn
Glottolog sana1298
ELP Sanapaná

Sanapana (sanapana payvoma [2] ) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco. [3]

Contents

Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet; [4] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.

Phonology

Vowels

Three vowels are noted as /e a o/. [5]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t k ʔ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s h
Lateral fricative ɬ
approximant l
Semivowel j w

References

  1. 1 2 "ISO change request" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Enlhet-Enenlhet. Una familia lingüística chaqueña" [Enlhet-Enenlhet. A linguistic family of Chaco](PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Lengua Sanapaná". Promotora Española de Lingüística. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  4. ↑ "Sanapaná". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ↑ van Gysel, Jens (2017). Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): A Descriptive and Comparative Study. Leiden University. pp. 27–38.
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