Sapé

A language of Venezuela

ISO 639: spc
Alternate Names: Caliana, Chirichano, Kaliána, Kariana
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Ramón Quimillo Lezama, died in November 2018. Ethnic population: 9 (2011 census).
Location:: Bolívar state: 3 small settlements on Karuna and Paragua rivers.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Language isolate
Dialects: None known. Some lexical correspondences with Warao [wba]. Greenberg classified it provisionally as Macro-Tucanoan.
Language Use: Shifted to Pemon [aoc].

Location: Bolívar state: 3 small settlements on Karuna and Paragua rivers.