Arawak language
| Arawak | |
|---|---|
| Lokono | |
| Native to | French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Region | Guianas |
| Ethnicity | Lokono (Arawak) |
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Native speakers
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(2,500 cited 1980–2000) |
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Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | araw1276 |
Lokono (Lokono Dian, literally 'people’s talk' by its speakers), also referred to as Arawak (Arowak/Aruák), is an Arawak language spoken by the Lokono people of South America in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. While the term "Arawak" has been used in reference to this people, Lokono more accurately reflects the speakers' own language, as the name has been historically extended to cover the eponymous Arawak language family.
Lokono has an active–stative syntax.
William Pet observes that an additional /p/ does occur in loans.
Pet notes that phonetic realization of /o/ varies between [o] and [u].
The personal pronouns are shown below. The forms on the left are free forms, which can stand alone. The forms on the right are bound forms (prefixes), which must be attached to the front of a verb, a noun, or a postposition.
tho, thy- (she)
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