Canela | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Maranhão |
Ethnicity | Canela (Apànjêkra and Mẽmõrtũmre) |
Native speakers | 2,500 (2012)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ram |
Glottolog | cane1242 Canela-Krahô |
ELP | Canela |
Canela is a dialect of the Canela-Krahô language, a Timbira variety of the Northern Jê language group (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Apànjêkra (Apaniêkrá) and by the Mẽmõrtũmre (Ràmkôkãmẽkra, Ramkokamekrá) in Maranhão, Brazil.[2][3]: 11