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Name:
Wapixana
Type:
Dialect Group
Alternate Names:
Maiopitian; Maopidian; Mapidi; Maopityan; Mapidiana; Uapichana; Wapichana; Mapidian; Mawayana; Mahuayana; Wapishana; Wapixiána; Wapisiana; Uapixana; Vapidiana
Spoken in:
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
Number of speakers:
50 in Brazil (1986 Howard)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
10
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
50
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mpw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Maipurean (Maipuran, Arawakan)
Parent Subgroup:
Maritime; Ta-Arawkan Group; Ciguayo; Igneri; Lucayo; Subtaino; Caribbean; Maritime Maipurean (carb)
Child Dialects:
Atorai; Atoray (wap-ato)
Amariba (wap-ama)
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 Wapixana
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