Yabaâna

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
ybn
Alternate Names
Hobacana, Jabaana, Jabâ-ana, Yabarana, Yabaána
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker either died or shifted entirely to Portuguese by 1986 (Rodrigues 1986). Ethnic population: 90 (1986 SIL).

Location

Amazonas state: Marauia and Cauaboris rivers’ headwaters, tributaries of the left bank of Rio Negro.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Maipurean, Northern, Upper Amazon, Unclassified
Language Use

Shifted to Portuguese [por].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yabaâna
Other Comments

Distinct from Yabarana [yar] of Venezuela.