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Ya·no·ma·mi | \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mē 
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or less commonly Yanomamo \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mō \ or Yanomama \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mə \
\ or Yanomama \ ˌyä-nō-ˈmä-mə \ plural Yanomami also Yanomamis or Yanomamo or Yanomama
Definition of Yanomami
1 : an indigenous people inhabiting the rain forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil also : a member of the Yanomami people
2 : the family of four closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami
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The first known use of Yanomami was in 1967
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