Piapoco

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Guainía department: Guaviare south bank border areas; Vichada department: between Vichada and Guaviare rivers.

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Venezuela

Language NamePiapoco

User Population

1,750 in Venezuela (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 3,710 (2011 census).

Location

Amazonas state: San Fernando de Atapapo area along the Orinoco. South of Vichada department.

Alternate Names

Amarizado, Chase, Dzaze, Enegua, Kuipaco, Piapoko, Piapoko Dejá, Tsáçe, Wenewika, Wenéwika, Yapoco

Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Recognized language (2008, Indigenous Languages Law, Article 4).

Language Use

255 do not speak Piapoco.