Mapoyo

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A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3
mcg
Alternate Names
Mapayo, Mapoio, Mapoye, Mopoi, Nepoye, Wanai
User Population

2 (2014), decreasing. A few semi-speakers left (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 420 (2011 census).

Location

Amazonas state: confluence of Orinoco and Toro rivers and downstream; Bolívar state: Palomo community and savanna between Caño Caripo north and Villacoa river south, near Caicara del Orinoco road to Puerto Ayacucho.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Cariban, Central, Mapoyo-Yavarana
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Yabarana [yar].

Typology

Ergative; 12 consonants and 7 vowels.

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mapoyo
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].