Mawayana

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A language of Guyana

ISO 639-3
mzx
Alternate Names
Mahuayana
User Population

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.

Location

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, among the Waiwai [waw] language group.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Maipurean, Unclassified
Dialects

None known. No semantic similarity with and not related to Wapishana [wap], Atorada [aox], or Mapidian [mpw] (2002 R. Hicks).

Typology

15 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).

Language Use

Shifted to Waiwai [waw].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mawayana
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

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