Waiwai language
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Waiwai | |
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Native to | Brazil, Guyana |
Ethnicity | Wai-Wai |
Native speakers
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unknown (2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1] |
Cariban
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Dialects |
Katawian (Tunayana)
Karahawyana
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | waw |
Glottolog | waiw1244 [2] |
Waiwai /ˈwaɪwaɪ/[3] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.
References
- ↑ Waiwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
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