Emerillon
[aka Emerilon, Melejo, Mereo]Classification: Tupian
·endangered
- PLACES
- French Guiana
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Emerilon, Melejo, Mereo, Mereyo, Emereñon, Teco, Wayampí, Oyampí, Emérillon, Karipuna, Guayapi, Guaiapi, Oiampí, Wajapae, Wayãpi, Waiãpi, Waiampi, Wayapae, Oyampík, Oyanpík, Wajapuku, Emerenhão, Wayampí language area |
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Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Northern Tupi-Guaranian |
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Language information by source
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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
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
- MORE ON VITALITY
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The Emerillon were on the brink of extinction but now they seem to be recovering at the demographic and linguistic levels.
- PLACES
- French Guiana
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
French Guiana, southern border area, along the Upper Maroni and Oyapock rivers.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
- DATE OF INFO
- 2001
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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French. Guianese Creole French
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Portuguese
- PLACES
- French Guiana;
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
In the Maroni River area, on the Suriname border; in the Brazil border area, at the confluence of the Camopi and Oiapock rivers.