Sikiana language
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| Sikiana | ||
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| Spoken in: | Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela | |
| Total speakers: | 48 (1986 SIL, 2001 Carlin) | |
| Language family: | Carib Northern East-West Guiana Waiwai Sikiana Sikiana |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
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| ISO 639-3: | sik | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Sikiana is a Carib language that was spoken by 33 people in Brazil and 15 people in Suriname. It was spoken in Venezuela at one time and is now probably extinct there. Sikiana as a whole is near extinction.
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