Wanyam language

Wanyam
Wanham
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia
EthnicityWanám
Extinctafter 1997, with the death of Firmino Miguelem
Chapacuran
  • Wari
    • Wanyam
Dialects
  • Abitana
  • Cujuna
  • Cabixi
  • Mataua
  • Cumaná
  • Urunamacan
  • Miguelenho
Language codes
ISO 639-3xbx Kabixi (retired)
Glottologwany1246

Wanyam or Wanham (Wañam, Huanyam) is a Chapacuran language of Rondônia, 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. As of 1997, one speaker, Firmino Miguelem, was known of the Miguelenho (Uomo) variety.