E’ñapa Woromaipu | Ethnologue

A language of Venezuela

ISO 639: pbh
Alternate Names: Abira, Eye, Eñapa, Eñepa, Mapoyo, Panare, Panari
Autonym: E’ñepa
Population: 4,180 (Crevels 2012). 2,480 monolinguals. Nearly all women monolingual; men fairly bilingual in Spanish [spa]. Ethnic population: 4,690 (2011 census).
Location:: Bolívar state: savannah and highland groups 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of Cuchivero river. 20 or more settlements.
Language Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (2008, Indigenous Languages Law, Article 4).
Classification: Cariban, South Amazonian
Typology: OVS, VOS; 13 consonants and 7 vowels.
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–25%. Grammar. NT: 2003.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about E’ñapa Woromaipu
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Bolívar state: savannah and highland groups 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of Cuchivero river. 20 or more settlements.