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Name:
Wanai
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Mapoyo-Yavarana; Mapoyo; Mapayo; Mapoye; Mopoi; Nepoye
Spoken in:
Venezuela
Number of speakers:
12 (2001 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 365
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mcg
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Cariban
Parent Subgroup:
Mapoyo-Yawarana; Mapoyo-Yavarana; Wanaí; Tamanaco; Curasicana; Western Guiana (wgui)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Wanai
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