Sapé language
Sapé, also called Kaliana or Caliana, is an extinct language recently spoken along the Paragua River and Karuna River. There were only about a few dozen speakers in the mid-1900s, and by the 2000s, only a few elderly speakers were found. Sapé may be a language isolate.
Sapé | |
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Kaliana | |
Native to | Venezuela |
Region | Paragua and Karuna rivers |
Ethnicity | 9 (2011 census) |
Native speakers | 0 (2017) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | spc |
Glottolog | sape1238 |
ELP | Sapé |
Sapé is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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