Mapoyo-Yabarana language
Mapoyo, or Mapoyo–Yavarana, is a Carib language spoken along the Suapure and Parguaza Rivers, Venezuela. The ethnic population of Mapoyo proper is about 365. Yabarana dialect is perhaps extinct; 20 speakers were known in 1977. An additional dialect, Pémono, was discovered in 1998. It was spoken by an 80-year-old woman and has since gone extinct.
| Mapoyo | |
|---|---|
| Mapoyo–Yavarana | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Suapure River |
| Ethnicity | 520 Mapoyo & Yabarana (2007) |
| Extinct | Last speaker of Pemono after 1998. A few semi-speakers of Mapoyo proper (2007), 20 Yabarana (1977) |
Carib
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mcg – Mapoyoyar – Yabaranapev – Pémono |
| Glottolog | mapo1245 |
| ELP | |
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