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Name: Yawarana
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Mapoyo-Yavarana; Yabarana; Yavarana; Yauarana
Spoken in: Venezuela
Number of speakers: 35 (1977 E. Migliazza) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 300 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 5 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: yar
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Cariban
Parent Subgroup: Mapoyo-Yawarana; Mapoyo-Yavarana; WanaĆ­; Tamanaco; Curasicana; Western Guiana; Western Guiana Northern Carib (wgui)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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