Nenlhet

The Nenlhet, better known to outsiders as the Sanapaná, are a nomadic people of the lower Gran Chaco in western Paraguay, concentrated in the Presidente Hayes and Boquerón regions; their autonym means the people. Their language, sanapaná payvoma, is one of the six Lengua-Maskoy tongues.

Their neighbours know them by several names: the Enxet call them Saapa'ang, the Guaná Kasnapan and the northern Enlhet Kyisapang. Hunter-gatherers of the Chaco thorn forest, they roamed in small bands in search of game, fish and wild honey.