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Meinaku Indian Language (Mehinaku)

Meinaku is an Arawakan language of South America, spoken by a hundred people in Brazil. It is closely related to Waura and some linguists consider the two to be dialects of a single language.

˜Meinaku Language Resources –

Meinaku Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Meinaku language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.

La Lengua Waura-Meinaku:
Information on Waura and Meinaku including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

Meinaku Language:
Demographic information on Meinaku from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Meinaku Culture and History Links –

The Mehinaku of Brazil:
Online ethnography of the Mehinaku tribe including photographs.

Mehinaku Culture:
Articles on the history and traditions of the Mehinaku tribe.

Mehinaku Indians:
Introduction to the Mehinaku people of Brazil.

Os Mehinako

Mehinaku:
Information about the Meinakus in Portuguese.

˜Books For Sale On The Meinakus –

The Mehinaku: The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village:
Interesting book about Mehinaku culture and society.

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