Sanapaná language

Sanapana (sanapana payvoma^[2]) is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco.^[3]

Sanapaná people call themselves nenlhet;^[4] Enxet people call Sanapaná people saapa'ang; Guaná people call them kasnapan; and Enlhet people, kelya'mok.

Phonology

Three vowels are noted as /e a o/.^[5]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive		p	t		k	ʔ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative			s			h
Lateral	fricative		ɬ
Lateral	approximant		l
Semivowel				j	w

^ ^a ^b "ISO change request" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ http://www.enlhet.org/pdf/nne28-enlhet-enenlhet.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Lengua Sanapaná". Promotora Española de Lingüística. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
^ "Sanapaná". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ van Gysel, Jens (2017). Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): A Descriptive and Comparative Study. Leiden University. pp. 27–38.

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