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Name:
Arawak
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lokono; Arawák; Aruak; Araguaco; Arowak; Locono; Arwuak
Spoken in:
French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana
Number of speakers:
700 in Suriname (1980 census), decreasing. Population total all countries: 2,450. Ethnic population: 2,051 in Suriname (1980 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2750
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
2450
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
arw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Maipurean (Maipuran, Arawakan)
Parent Subgroup:
Guajiro; Wahiro (gujr)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Arawak
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