Mapidian

Language

Languagelanguage modern languageQ6753812

Also known as Mapidian language

Subclass of: Q626753
Indigenous to: Roraima

Overview

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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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13 statements · 46% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Said to be the same as: Mawayana
Ethnologue language status: 8b Nearly Extinct
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/mpwRetrieved 2019-05-09
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Country: Brazil
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1.“ScriptSource - Brazil”scriptsource.org/country/BRRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Guyana
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1.“ScriptSource - Guyana”scriptsource.org/country/GYRetrieved 2023-08-21
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5 identifiers linking Mapidian across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). Mapidian (Q6753812). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/mapidian-Q6753812