Mehináku
Object Details
Name | Mehináku |
Name (Indigenous) | Imiyehinaku |
Alternate Name(s) | Minaco Mehinaco Meinaco Mahinaku Mehinako |
Language Code | mmh |
Macro Language | N |
Language Family | Arawakan |
Description | Mehináku is an Arawakan language spoken by approximately 300 people living in the Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazil. The Mehináku people, who speak a language of the same name, currently inhabit four villages located in the cultural area known as the Alto Xingu, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. These villages are: Uyaipiyuku, (ii) Utawana, (iii) Kaupüna, and (iv) Aturua. (Paulo Henrique de Felipe, 2020) |
Countries | Brazil |
Language PID | https://ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla:272083 |