Kapóng language

Kapóng
Ingarikó
Native to	Guyana, Venezuela
Ethnicity	Akawaio, Patamona
Native speakers	unknown (10,000 cited 1990–2002)^[1]
Language family	Cariban Venezuelan Carib Pemóng–Panare Pemóng Kapóng
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `ake` – Akawaio `pbc` – Patamona
Glottolog	`kapo1251`^[2]

Kapóng is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni. Though many speakers don't live in villages, there are a number of population centers, notably Kamarang, Jawalla, Waramadong, and Kako. There are two dialects, Akawaio and Patamona.

Kapóng also goes by its Macushi name, Ingarikó.

References

↑ Akawaio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Patamona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kapong". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Guyana

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Akawaio Arawak Atorada Carib Macushi Mapidian Mawayana Patamona Pemon Waiwai Wapishana Warao

Other languages	Caribbean Hindustani Guyanese Creole Guyanese Sign Language

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

Pekodian

Venezuelan Carib

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón

Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages

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