MZX ISO 639-3
Mawayana
A language of Guyana
- ISO 639
- mzx
- Alternate Names
- Mahuayana
- Population
- No known L1 speakers in Guyana. The last speakers in Guyana survived into the 1960s and either moved to Suriname or shifted to Waiwai [waw] (Carlin and Mans 2015). Total users in all countries: 2.
- Location:
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, among the Waiwai [waw] language group.
- Language Status
- 10 (Extinct).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Unclassified
- Dialects
- None known. No semantic similarity with and not related to Wapishana [wap], Atorada [aox], or Mapidian [mpw] (2002 R. Hicks).
- Typology
- 15 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).
- Language Use
- Shifted to Waiwai [waw].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mawayana
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Sipaliwini district.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Suriname
Language Name
Mawayana
User Population
2 in Suriname (2013 M. Michels), decreasing. Ethnic population: 40 (Crevels 2012).
Map
Location: Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, among the Waiwai [waw] language group.
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