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Wanam River
Wanam may refer to: * Wanám people, a historic ethnic group of Brazil * Wañam language, an extinct language of Brazil * village dialects of several unrelated languages of New Guinea: ** Kosarek language, of Yahukimo Regency, Papua, Indonesia ** Tami language, of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea * Wanam, a village in Merauke Regency, Papua, Indonesia, where the Yelmek language is spoken See also * {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanám People
Wanám, (also Huanyam and Pawumwa), were a group of Amerindians once native to the region of southern Rondônia in Brazil. They lived on the Cantarinho River, Cautarinho, Sao Miguel and Manoel rivers near their confluence with the Guaporé River, Guaporé. Around 1914 there were 300 Wanám. The rubber booms of the twentieth century destroyed the tribe because of the violence and diseases brought in by neo-Brazilians. The surviving Wanám went to live with neighboring groups Kabixí living on the São Miguel River. Although the Wanám people did not survive, their language did, at least among the Kabixí Indians. Dwellings Wanám took refuge from mosquitoes in small conical cabines tightly thatched with patoju leaves. They also built small shelters consisting of a few palm leaves placed horizontally on three perpendicular poles, for workshops and as men's clubs. They used hammocks made of cotton but sometimes also fibers. Subsistance Farming was practiced by all the people l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wañam Language
Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) is a Chapacuran language of Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). It is bordered by Acre (state), Acre in the west, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ..., between the rivers São Miguel and Cautário. Abitana was a dialect. It was spoken by a few families in the 1970s, but is now extinct. Dialects Dialects of Wanyam: *Cabishi (spurious) *Cujuna *Cumaná (Cutianá) *Matama (Matawa) *Urunamacan *Pawumwa (Abitana Wanyam) Lévi-Strauss had also proposed a ''Huanyam'' linguistic stock consisting of Mataua Cujuna (Cuijana), Urunamakan, Cabishí, Cumaná, Abitana-Huanyam (from Snethlage's data), and Pawumwa (from Haseman's data). References Chapacuran languages {{na-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosarek Language
Kosarek (or ''Kosarek Yale'', ''Mek Kosarek'') is a Papuan language used in Kosarek District, Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua Highland Papua () is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). It covers an area of and had a population of 1,467,050 according to .... Further reading *Heeschen, Volker. 1992. ''A Dictionary of the Yale (Kosarek) Language: with Sketch of Grammar and English Index''. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. *Heeschen, Volker. 2000. Die Yale-Sprache, eine Papua-Sprache. In: Ludger Hoffmann (ed.), ''Sprachwissenschaft: Ein Reader'', 759–774. 2nd edn. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. References Mek languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tami Language
Tami or TAMI may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tami (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the given name or nickname * Mark Tami (born 1962), British politician and Member of Parliament * Pierluigi Tami (born 1961), Swiss retired footballer * Tami (singer) (born 1964), or TAMI, American singer Other uses * Tami (political party), a political party in Israel in the 1980s * Tami language, a language of Papua New Guinea * Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea * Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) See also * ''T.A.M.I. Show'', a 1964 popular music concert film * Tamme (other) * Tammi (other) * Tammy (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelmek Language
Yelmek, also rendered Jelmek or Jelmik, is a language of the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family in West Papua. Yelmek is spoken west of Merauke Regency, between the Digul River and Mbian River. Notable villages are (from north to south) Wanam Village on the Wanam River and Bibikem in Ilwayab District; Woboyo and Dodalim (Dudaling) Village in Tubang District. In the same district, related Maklew is spoken in Welbuti Village. The Wanam variety might be a distinct language. Petabahasa by Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology used the name ''Yelmek'' for the variety of Mek languages used by the Yalimek people in Wanam Village in Abenaho District, Yalimo Regency, while this language is called Yabega. Phonology The fricative phonemes are both marginal. appears in only a small number of words, most of which are known to be loans. Speakers are not consistent either between each other or themselves in which words contain , with many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |