Guyana
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Akawaio
[ake] Cuyuni-Mazaruni region: Mazaruni river basin, north of Patamona. Users: 4,500 in Guyana (2002 SIL). Ethnic population: 5,000 (Crevels 2007). Total users in all countries: 6,380. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Acahuayo, Acewaio, Akawai, Akawayo, Ingariko, Kapóng. Autonym: Kapon. Classification: Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper, Kapong.
American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered. Users: 2,000 in Guyana (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 1,500–3,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.2%–0.4% of the total population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: ASL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Arawak
[arw] Widespread. West coast and northeast along Corantyne river. Users: 1,500 in Guyana (Forte 1990). Ethnic population: 15,500. The ethnic group represents 33% of the Amerindians in Guyana. Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Arowak, Lokono, Lokono Dian. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Ta-Maipurean.
Atorada
[aox] Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: Southwest, near Wapishana [wap] language area. Users: Few in Guyana. Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Ator’ti, Atorai, Dauri. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Wapixana.
Berbice Dutch Creole
[brc] East Berbice-Corentyne and Upper Demerara-Berbice regions. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker, Princess Sauers, died in 2015. Status: 10 (Extinct). Classification: Creole, Dutch based.
Carib
[car] Barima-Waini and Pomeroon-Supenaam regions: Northwest, coastal river heads and coastal lowland forests. Users: 480 in Guyana (1991). Ethnic population: 3,000 (2000 J. Forte). The ethnic group represents 6% of the Amerindians in Guyana. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Caribe, Cariña, Galibi, Kalihna, Kalinya, Kari’nja, Kari’nya, Kari’ña, Kariña, Karìna, Karìna auran. Classification: Cariban.
Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 1,500 in Guyana. Non-indigenous.
English
[eng] Users: 102,000 in Guyana, all users. L1 users: 72,000 in Guyana (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 30,000 (Crystal 2003a). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Guyanese English Creole
[gyn] Widespread. Possibly also in French Guiana. Users: 643,000 in Guyana (2021 Joshua Project). 324,000 Afro-Guyanese Creole and 319,000 Indo-Guyanese Creole (2021 JoshuaProject). Total users in all countries: 715,200. Status: 5* (Developing). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Creolese, Guyanese, Guyanese Creole, Kriiyliiz, Kriiyoliiz. Autonym: Gaiyniiz. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.
Hindustani, Sarnami
[hns] Barima-Waini and Pomeroon-Supenaam regions. Users: Ethnic population: 539,000. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Aili Gaili, Caribbean Hindustani, Guyanese Hindustani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bihari.
Macushi
[mbc] Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo regions: Southwest border area, Rupununi north savannahs, 20 small settlements up to Pakaraima mountain foothills. Users: 930 in Guyana (2001 FUNASA). Ethnic population: 7,750 (Crevels 2007). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Macusi, Macussi, Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Teueia, Teweya. Classification: Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper.
Mapidian
[mpw] Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. Users: No known L1 speakers in Guyana. The last speakers either died or moved to Brazil by the 1960s. Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Maiopitian, Maopidian, Maopityan, Mapidi, Mapidiana, Mawayana. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Wapixana.
Mawayana
[mzx] Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, among the Waiwai [waw] language group. Users: No known L1 speakers in Guyana. The last speakers in Guyana survived into the 1960s and either moved to Suriname or shifted to Waiwai [waw] (Carlin and Mans 2015). Total users in all countries: 2. Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Mahuayana. Classification: Maipurean, Unclassified.
Patamona
[pbc] Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo regions: west central, upland savanna in Pakaraima mountains, about 13 villages. Users: 4,700 in Guyana (Forte 1990). Ethnic population: 5,000 (2000 J. Forte). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Eremagok, Ingariko, Kapon. Classification: Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper, Kapong.
Pemon
[aoc] Cuyuni-Mazaruni region: Paruima and Kaikan on upland savannah. Users: 480 in Guyana (Forte 1990). Ethnic population: 500 (Crevels 2007). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Kamarakotos, Pemong. Classification: Cariban, North Amazonian, Pemón, Pemón proper.
Skepi Dutch Creole
[skw] Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 1990s (Holm 1989). Status: 10 (Extinct). Classification: Creole, Dutch based.
Taruma
[tdm] Southern East Berbice-Corentyne and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo regions, Guyana-Brazil border area, in the Wapishana [wap] language area. Users: 1 (2015). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Aroaqui, Charuma, Saloema, Saluma, Taruamá. Classification: Language isolate.
Urdu
[urd] Scattered. Users: Status: 8a (Moribund). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.
Waiwai
[waw] Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, headwaters of Essequibo river. Users: 200 in Guyana (Forte 1990). Ethnic population: 240 (Crevels 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Ouayeone, Parukota, Uaieue, Uaiuai, Wai Wai. Classification: Cariban, Waiwai.
Wapishana
[wap] East Berbice-Corentyne and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo regions: southwest, south of the Kanuku mountains, a few villages northwest of the Waiwai [waw] language area. Users: 6,000 in Guyana (2000 J. Forte). Ethnic population: 6,900 (Crevels 2007). Total users in all countries: 12,500. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana, Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Wapixana. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Wapixana.
Warao
[wba] Barima-Waini, Pomeroon-Supenaam, and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara regions: near the coast, mixed with Arawak [ake] and Carib [car] speakers. Users: Few speakers (Forte 1990). Ethnic population: 5,000 (2000 J. Forte). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau. Classification: Language isolate.