Supporting and celebrating global linguistic diversity
Classification: Cariban
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Northern Wayana, Oyana, Urukuyana, Upuruí, Ouayana, Wyandot, Oayana, Wajana, Uaiana, Oiana, Alukuyana, Upurui, Roucouyenne, Wayâna |
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Cariban, Guianan |
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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
Brazil: 288 speakers and population (2006); Guyana: few remembers; Suriname: 450 speakers and population; French Guiana: 1,000 speakers and population.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
400 in Suriname (1980 census). 200 in French Guiana. Ethnic population: 1,000 in French Guiana.
850 (2016).
Southeast Suriname villages; Amapá, among the Apalaí (Brazil); Southwestern border area (French Guiana).
Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni River; northwest of Trio [tri] language settlements on Lawa and Tapanahoni rivers.
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
1,915
Speaker number: 500 in Suriname. Unknown number of speakers in Brazil and French Guiana
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press