Mapoyo-Yabarana language

Mapoyo
Mapoyo
Mapoyo–Yavarana
Native to	Venezuela
Region	Suapure River
Ethnicity	520 Mapoyo & Yabarana (2007)
Extinct	Last speaker of Pemono after 1998. A few semi-speakers of Mapoyo proper (2007), 20 Yabarana (1977)
Language family	Carib Venezuelan Carib Mapoyo–Tamanaku Mapoyo; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; mcg – Mapoyo; yar – Yabarana; pev – Pémono
Glottolog	mapo1245
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; 20 speakers were known in 1977.^[2] An additional dialect, Pémono,^[3] was discovered in 1998. It was spoken by an 80-year-old woman and has since gone extinct.

References

^ Mapoyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yabarana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pémono at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Yabarana at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Not the same as Pemon

External links

Yabarana word list

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[e18-1] Mapoyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yabarana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pémono at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Yabarana at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[3] Not the same as Pemon

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