Supporting and celebrating global linguistic diversity
Classification: Tupian
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Wayampi, Oiampí, Oyapí, Oyampí, Wayãpi, Wayapi, Wajapi, Oiumpian, Emérillon, Karipuna, Guayapi, Guaiapi, Wajapae, Waiãpi, Waiampi, Wayapae, Oyampík, Oyanpík, Wajapuku, Wayampi (Amapari)/Wayampi (Oiapoque), Aipi, Oyampi, Wajãpi, Wayampí language area |
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Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Northern Tupi-Guaranian |
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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
1,655
There are 905 speakers and population in Brazil (2008), and 750 speakers and population in French Guiana.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
530 in Brazil (2000 SIL). Includes 520 speakers of Amapari, 10 of Oiapoque.
(Unchanged 2016.)
Monolinguals include children under 6, more than half the women, most men over 45, and all of those recently from Brazil.
Brazil: West central Amapá and northern Pará, tributaries of the upper Amapari River. 8 villages. French Guiana: 120 Camopí and Masikilí on middle Oyapock River, and 180 in 3 villages on upper Oyapock around Trois-Sauts (Grenand 1980)
West central Amapá and northern Pará, tributaries of the upper Amapari River. 8 villages.
Information from: “Wajãpi (Brazil, French Guiana)” (1-8) . Fernando Carvalho (2023)
Portuguese
Limited standardization for practical, conventional orthography used in schools and production of written material.
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
525
Although all Wayampi still speak their native language, knowledge of Portuguese is growing fast, especially among men.
Amapá State, Amapari River area, between the Inipiku River (Mapari) in the west, the Karapanaty (Aroã) in the south, and the Onça and Kumakary (Água Preta) igarapés (small Amazonian waterways) in the east, Mazagao and Macapa municipalities, Terra Indigena Waiãpi.