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Madí—also known as Jamamadí (Yamamadí Yamamandi Yamadi) after one of its dialects and also Kapaná or Kanamanti (Canamanti)—is an Arawan language spoken by about 800 Jamamadi Banawá and Jarawara people scattered over Amazonas Brazil.The language has an active–stative clause structure with an agent–object–verb or object–agent–verb word order depending on whether the agent or object is the topic of discussion (AOV appears to be the default).