MCG ISO 639-3
Mapoyo
A language of Venezuela
- ISO 639
- mcg
- Alternate Names
- Mapayo, Mapoio, Mapoye, Mopoi, Nepoye, Wanai
- Population
- 2 (2014), decreasing. A few semi-speakers left (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 420 (2011 census).
- Location:
- Amazonas state: confluence of Orinoco and Toro rivers and downstream; Bolívar state: Palomo community and savanna between Caño Caripo north and Villacoa river south, near Caicara del Orinoco road to Puerto Ayacucho.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Cariban, Central, Mapoyo-Yavarana
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Yabarana [yar].
- Typology
- Ergative; 12 consonants and 7 vowels.
- Language Use
- Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mapoyo
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Amazonas state: confluence of Orinoco and Toro rivers and downstream; Bolívar state: Palomo community and savanna between Caño Caripo north and Villacoa river south, near Caicara del Orinoco road to Puerto Ayacucho.
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