Pémono

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A language of Venezuela

ISO 639-3
pev
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speaker likely died in the mid-2000s (2000 M. Muller).

Location

Amazonas state: Upper Majagua village, with Yabarana [yar] speakers.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Cariban, Central, Mapoyo-Yavarana
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Mapoyo [mcg] and Yabarana [yar].

Typology

Ergative; 12 consonants and 7 vowels.

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pémono
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Different from Pemón [aoc] of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. Unknown until 1998.