Arawak | |
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Lokono | |
Spoken in | Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela |
Region | Guianas |
Ethnicity | Arawak |
Native speakers | unknown (2,500 cited 1980–2000) |
Language family |
Maipurean
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | arw |
Arawak (Arowak, Aruák) is the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family. The term is often used to cover the closely related Taino language of the Caribbean islands. The ethnonym Lokono may be used more specifically.