Mehinaku language

Mehináku
Meinaku
Imiehünaku
Pronunciation[imʲehɨnaku]
Native toBrazil
RegionXingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
EthnicityMehinako
Native speakers
230 (2006)
Arawakan
Dialects
  • Waurá-kumá
Language codes
ISO 639-3mmh
qdv Waura–Mehináku
Glottologmehi1240
ELPMehináku

Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil. One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.