Mehinaku language

Mehináku
Mehináku
Native to	Brazil
Region	Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	Mehinako
Native speakers	230 (2006)
Language family	Arawakan Southern ? Paresí–Xingu Waurá Waura–Mehináku Mehináku; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mmh
Linguist List	qdv Waura–Mehináku
Glottolog	mehi1240
ELP	Mehináku

Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil. One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.

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