E’ñapa Woromaipu

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A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3
pbh
Alternate Names
Abira, Eye, Eñapa, Eñepa, Mapoyo, Panare, Panari
Autonym
E’ñepa
User Population

4,180 (Crevels 2012). 2,480 monolinguals. Nearly all women monolingual; men fairly bilingual in Spanish [spa]. Ethnic population: 4,690 (2011 census).

Location

Bolívar state: savannah and highland groups 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of Cuchivero river. 20 or more settlements.

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Language Status

5* (Developing). Recognized language (2008, Indigenous Languages Law, Article 4).

Classification
Cariban, South Amazonian
Typology

OVS, VOS; 13 consonants and 7 vowels.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–25%. Grammar. NT: 2003.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about E’ñapa Woromaipu
Writing

Latin script [Latn].