Sapé
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A language of Venezuela
Alternate Names
Caliana, Chirichano, Kaliána, Kariana
User Population
No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Ramón Quimillo Lezama, died in November 2018. Ethnic population: 9 (2011 census).
Location
Bolívar state: 3 small settlements on Karuna and Paragua rivers.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
None known. Some lexical correspondences with Warao [wba]. Greenberg classified it provisionally as Macro-Tucanoan.
Language Use
Shifted to Pemon [aoc].