Sapé language

Sapé
Kaliana
Spoken in Venezuela
Region Paragua and Karuna rivers
Native speakers a few  (date missing)
Language family
Arutani–Sape ?
  • Sapé
Language codes
ISO 639-3 spc

Sapé aka Kaliana is a nearly extinct language spoken along the Paragua and Karuna rivers. In 2008 a few elderly speakers were found. Sape is one of the most poorly attested extant languages in South America, and may be a language isolate.[1]

References

  1. ^ Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In Language Documentation & Conservation, v 4, p 183 [1]

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