Also Known As:
Auaqué, Awaké, Auaké, Auake, Awake, Aoaqui, Oewaku, Uruak, Uruák, Urutani, Orotani, Ahuaqué, Oewacu
Dialects & Varieties
Arutani (Venezuela and Brazil) - Language Snapshots
Rosés Labrada, Jorge Emilio, Thiago Chacon & Francia Medina. 2020. Arutani (Venezuela and Brazil) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17,
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1 in Saúba, Brazil and 4 in Upper Paragua, Venezuela
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
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Older adults
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Elders
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Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Traditionally spoken along the Paragua and Uraricáa rivers & tributaries on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border
Location Description
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Government Support
Declared an official language of Venezuela in 2008
Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
The remaining speakers have a positive attitude about Arutani, but few chances to use it.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Shirián, Ninam
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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