MPW ISO 639-3
Mapidian
A language of Brazil
- ISO 639
- mpw
- Alternate Names
- Mahuayana, Maiopitian, Maopityan, Mawayana
- Population
- 10 in Brazil (Moore 2006).
- Location:
- Roraima state: with the Waiwai [waw].
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Wapixana
- Dialects
- None known. Lexical similarity: 10% with Wapishana [wap] and 20% with Atorada [aox].
- Language Use
- Assimilating with Waiwai [way]. Shifted to Waiwai [waw].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mapidian
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region.
- Language Status
- 10 (Extinct)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Guyana
Language Name
Mapidian
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Guyana. The last speakers either died or moved to Brazil by the 1960s.
Map
Location: Roraima state: with the Waiwai [waw].
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