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Name: Wayampí
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Wayampi; Oiampí; Oyapí; Oyampí; Wayãpi; Wayapi; Wajapi; Oiumpian; Oyampi; Emérillon; Karipuna; Guayapi; Guaiapi; Wajapae; Waiãpi; Waiampi; Wayapae; Oyampík; Oyanpík; Wajapuku; Wayampi (Amapari)/Wayampi (Oiapoque); Aipi; Wajãpi; Wayampí language area
Spoken in: French Guiana, Brazil
Number of speakers: 530 in Brazil (2000 SIL). Includes 520 speakers of Amapari, 10 of Oiapoque. Population total all countries: 1,180 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 905 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1180 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: oym
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Tupian (Tupían)
Parent Subgroup: Wayampí; Subgroup VIII (oyam)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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