Mapoyo-Yabarana language
| Mapoyo | |
|---|---|
| Mapoyo–Yavarana | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Suapure River |
Native speakers | 12 Mapoyo proper (2001 census) |
Carib
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mcg – Mapoyoyar – Yabaranapev – Pémono |
| ELP | Yawarana |
Mapoyo, or Mapoyo–Yavarana, is a Carib language spoken along the Suapure and Parguaza Rivers, Venezuela. The ethnic population of Mapoyo proper is about 365. Yabarana dialect is perhaps extinct; 35 speakers were known in 1977.[1] An additional dialect, Pémono,[2] spoken by an 80-year-old woman, was discovered in 1998.
References
- ^ Migliazza, ethnologue.org
- ^ Not the same as Pemon
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