AKE ISO 639-3
Akawaio
Kapon Autonym
A language of Guyana
- ISO 639
- ake
- Alternate Names
- Acahuayo, Acewaio, Akawai, Akawayo, Ingariko, Kapóng
- Autonym
- Kapon
- Population
- 4,500 in Guyana (2002 SIL). Ethnic population: 5,000 (Crevels 2007). Total users in all countries: 6,380.
- Location:
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni region: Mazaruni river basin, north of Patamona.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper, Kapong
- Dialects
- Reportedly similar to Macushi [mbc]; marginally intelligible with Arecuna dialect of Pemon [aoc].
- Typology
- 10 consonants and 11 vowels, including 4 long vowels.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Akawaio
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Important differences in vocabulary from Patamona [pbc]. Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Roraima state: Terra Indígena Raposa or Serra do Sol, near Cotingo river.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing) View other languages of Brazil
Language Name
Ingarikó
User Population
1,700 in Brazil (Instituto Socioambiental 2020). Ethnic population: 1,700 (Instituto Socioambiental 2020).
- Location
- Bolívar state: upper Kamarang river; Monagas state: near Delta Amacuro border.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Ethnic autonym: Kapon, by both Akawaio and Patamona [pbc]. View other languages of Venezuela
Language Name
Akawaio
User Population
180 in Venezuela (2001 census). Ethnic population: 1,070 (2011 census).
Map
Location: Cuyuni-Mazaruni region: Mazaruni river basin, north of Patamona.
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