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Akawaio of Akawaio (ake) Ingarikó (pbc) > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Akawaio

Type: Dialect

Alternate Names: Accawai; Akawayo; Acawai; Akkawai; Acawayo; Akawai; Acewaio; Acahuayo; Kapon; Waicá; Kapóng

Spoken in: Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana

Number of speakers: 4,500 in Guyana (2002 SIL). Population total all countries: 5,350 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 6970 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 5000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: ake

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Cariban

Parent Dialects: Akawaio; Accawai; Akawayo; Acawai; Akkawai; Acawayo; Akawai; Acewaio; Acahuayo; Kapon; Waicá; Kapóng (ake) Ingarikó; Patamona; Ingariko; Eremagok; Kapon; Kapóng; Patamuna (pbc)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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