Alternate Names: Chirichano, Guaika, Samatali, Samatari, Sanema, Sanima, Tsanuma, Xamatari
Dialects: Cobari (Cobariwa, Kobali), Yanoma (Kohoroxitari).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,610 in Venezuela (2000). 500 Yanoma. Population total all countries: 5,070.
Language Use: Percentage of monolinguals is still relatively high (Crevels 2007). Up to 25% are bilingual in Maquiritari [mch] (Crevels 2007).
Language Development: Grammar. NT: 2007.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Venezuela