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Mamainde Indian Language (Mamaindê, Mamaindé)

Mamainde is a Nambiquaran language of South America. Mamainde is spoken by around 250 people in Brazil. It is a tone language with SOV word order.

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Mamainde Language Resources

Language Museum: Northern Nambikuára:
Translation of Bible passages into Mamainde.

Lengua Mamainde:
Information about the Northern Nambikwara/Mamainde language including a linguistic map of Brazil. Page in Spanish.

Mamainde Tone

Mamainde Nasals
Linguistics articles about Mamainde phonology and morphology.

House of Languages: Mamainde:
Information about Mamainde language usage.

Ethnologue: Mamaindé:
Demographic information on the Mamaindé language.

Mamaindé Language Tree:
Theories about Mamaindé's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Links, References, and Additional Information

  Wikipedia: Mamaindê:
  Encyclopedia articles on the Mamainde Indians and their language.
  Xamanisto Mamainde:
  Information about the Mamaindes in Portuguese.

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