Mapoyo

Language

Languagelanguage language modern languageQ56946

Also known as Wanai · Mapoyo language

Speakers: 12(2001)
Subclass of: Mapoyo-Yabarana
Script: none
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Sources
1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/mcgRetrieved 2019-07-27
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Indigenous to: Bolívar
, Amazonas

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Mapoyo is a Carib language spoken in the state of Amazonas, Venezuela. The language is virtually extinct, with only two to three speakers reported in 2014, and the speakers' use of the language has been interfered with by Spanish, which has completely overtaken Mapoyo in the community. The oral tradition of the Mapoyo was recognized in 2014 as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding by UNESCO.

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UNESCO language status: 5 critically endangered
Country: Venezuela
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1.“ScriptSource - Venezuela”scriptsource.org/country/VERetrieved 2023-08-21
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Intangible cultural heritage status: List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

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