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Name:
Makushi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Makushí; Macuxi; Teweya; Teueia; Macushi; Macusi; Makuxí; Macuxí; Makuxi; Macussi; Makusi
Spoken in:
Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana
Number of speakers:
19,000 in Brazil (2001 ISA). Population total all countries: 29,100
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
22750
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
24600
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mbc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Cariban
Parent Subgroup:
Pemóng; Pemong; Pemón; Macushi-Kapon (maka)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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