Sanapaná language

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

Sanapaná
Sanapana payvoma
Native to	Paraguay
Ethnicity	2,270 Sanapaná people (2002 census)[1]
Native speakers	980 (2007)[1]
Language family	Mascoian Sanapaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3	spn
Glottolog	sana1298
ELP	Sanapaná

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

Phonology

Vowels

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

Consonants

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