Waiwai language

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Waiwai
Native to Brazil, Guyana
Ethnicity Wai-Wai
Native speakers
 2,200  (1990–2006)[1]
Cariban
  • Parukotoan
    • Waiwai languages
      • Waiwai
Dialects
Katawian (Tunayana)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 waw

Waiwai /ˈwaɪwaɪ/[2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.

References

  1. ↑ Waiwai reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh


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