Sikiana language
| Sikiana | |
|---|---|
| Kaxuiâna (Katxúyana) | |
| Native to | Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | Sikiana people |
Native speakers |
unknown (33 in Brazil cited 1986)[1] 15 in Suriname (2001) |
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Cariban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: sik – Shikuyana (Sikiana) kbb – Warikyana (Kaxuiâna) |
| Glottolog |
siki1239 (Sikiana)[2]kaxu1237 (Kaxuiâna)[3]paux1235 (Pauxi)[4] |
Sikiana, or Kashuyana, 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. The Warikyana dialect went extinct around 2000, and the language frequently goes by the name of the surviving dialect, Sikiana.
References
- ↑ Shikuyana (Sikiana) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Warikyana (Kaxuiâna) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sikiana". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaxuiâna". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Pauxi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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