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A language of
Guyana
Location
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region: southwest, among the Waiwai
[waw]
language group.
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Suriname
Language Name
Mawayana
User Population
2 in Suriname (2013 M. Michels), decreasing. Ethnic population: 40 (Crevels 2012).
Location
Sipaliwini district.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Language Use
Elderly only. Shifted to Trió [tri] (Crevels 2007).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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