Amazonia and lowland South America
Yanomami
Lands
Forests of Amazonas and Roraima states in northern Brazil, continuing across the border into southern Venezuela
Facts 3
Population
About 31,000 people live in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil, in roughly 384 villages of the Yanomami and Ye'kwana peoples.
As of 2023 Source: Casa Civil da Presidência da República, Governo do Brasil, TI Yanomami (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The Yanomami language family is not linked to any other language stock, and it has six languages and sixteen dialects.
As of 2019 Source: Casa Civil da Presidência da República, Governo do Brasil, TI Yanomami (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
The Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil, about 9.66 million hectares of tropical forest, was ratified by presidential decree on 25 May 1992.
As of 1992 Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Yanomami - Povos Indígenas no Brasil (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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