Mayoruna
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The language spoken by an indigenous group in the Amazon
- noun
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mayoruna
- Linguists compared Mayoruna with other Panoan languages to study their similarities.
Examples
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Researchers are working to document the Mayoruna language before it becomes endangered.
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Do you speak Mayoruna?
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The Mayoruna is spoken by indigenous communities living deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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The Mayoruna language is rich in cultural expressions.
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Researchers are working to document the Mayoruna language before it becomes endangered.
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Linguists compared Mayoruna with other Panoan languages to study their similarities.
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The Mayoruna is spoken by indigenous communities living deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mayoruna is the name given by Spanish and Portuguese speakers to the speech of a native Amazon group, likely taken from the people's own name. So, Mayoruna as a language name means 'the language spoken by the Mayoruna people'.
