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.^[2] One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Mehináku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)