Sanapaná language

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

Sanapaná
Sanapana payvoma
Native toParaguay
Ethnicity2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census)[1]
Native speakers
980 (2007)[1]
Mascoian
  • Sanapaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3spn
Glottologsana1298
ELPSanapaná

Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet;[3] 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/.[4]

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. "ISO change request" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. http://www.enlhet.org/pdf/nne28-enlhet-enenlhet.pdf
  3. "Sanapaná". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. 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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