Mawayana language

Mawayana
Mawayana
Mapidian
Native to	Brazil, Guyana and Suriname
Native speakers	2 (2015)
Language family	Arawakan North Arawak Rio Branco (Wapishanan) Mawayana; ; ;
Dialects	Mawakwa?;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mzx – Mawayana; mpw – Mapidian (duplicate code)
Glottolog	mapi1252 Mapidian-Mawayana; mawa1268 Mawakwa
ELP	Mawayana

Mawayana (Mahuayana), also known as Mapidian (Maopidyán), is a moribund Arawakan language of northern South America. It used to be spoken by Mawayana people living in ethnic Wai-wai and Tiriyó villages in Brazil, Guyana and Suriname. As of 2015, the last two speakers of the language are living in Kwamalasamutu.

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