Endangered Languages Project - Shikuyana

Shikuyana

^{[aka Sikiana, Chikena, Chiquena]}

Classification: Cariban

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sikiana, Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiána, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Sikiyana, Tshikiana, Xikiyana, Xikujan, Katxúyana, Kaxuiana, Kashuyana-Warikyana
CLASSIFICATION		Cariban, Parukotoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sik
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Shikuyana Warikyana
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		For some, Shikuyana is a dialect of Kashuyana (Kaxuiana, Katxúyana), for others the two are separate languages. ELCat has a separate entry for each.

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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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<162
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
290-300
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Brazil: Katxuyana-Xikuyana (Kaxuyana-Xikuyana, Kaxuyana, Caxuiana) 150 speakers, 230 population (2006). Suriname: Sikïiyana <12 speakers, 60–70 population.

PLACES: Brazil

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
48
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
33 in Brazil (1986 SIL).
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 1986 (SIL)

PLACES: Suriname; Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northwest Para State, between Rio Cafuini and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi, near the Suriname border.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Northwest Para State, between Rio Cafuini and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi, near the Suriname border.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
48
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

1.9991,-56.2719

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing