Sanapaná | |
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Sanapana payvoma | |
Native to | Paraguay |
Ethnicity | 2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census) [1] |
Native speakers | 980 (2007) [1] |
Mascoian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
spn |
Glottolog |
sana1298 |
ELP | Sanapaná |
Sanapana (sanapana payvoma [2]) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco.
Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet; [3] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.
Three vowels are noted as /e a o/. [4]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Lateral | fricative | ɬ | ||||
approximant | l | |||||
Semivowel | j | w |