Yabarana language

Nearly extinct Cariban language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yabarana is a moribund Cariban language or dialect of Mapoyo, spoken in Venezuela.[2][3]

NativetoVenezuela
RegionManapiare River basin, Amazonas
Ethnicity292 Yabarana (2001)
Native speakers
151 (2012)[1]
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Yabarana
Yawarana
Native toVenezuela
RegionManapiare River basin, Amazonas
Ethnicity292 Yabarana (2001)
Native speakers
151 (2012)[1]
Cariban
  • Venezuelan
    • Mapoyo-Tamanaku
Dialects
  • Curasicana
  • Wökiare[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yar
Glottologyaba1248
Yawarana is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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