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Mapoyo

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
  • Venezuelan Carib
    • Mapoyo–Tamanaku
      • Mapoyo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
mcg – Mapoyo
yar – Yabarana
pev – Pémono
Glottolog mapo1245

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.



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