Makushi language

E212846
Cariban language indigenous language natural language

The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Makushi language canonical 2
Macushi language 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Macushi ⓘ
Macuxi ⓘ
Makuxi ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ingarikó language ⓘ
Pemon language ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana
ethnicity Makushi people ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code mbc ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ
hasPhylum American indigenous languages ⓘ
languageFamily Carib ⓘ
surface form: Cariban
region northern Brazil ⓘ
southern Guyana ⓘ
spokenBy Makushi people ⓘ
status vulnerable language ⓘ
subfamily Venezuelan Carib ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in Makushi communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
usedIn Amazonas state ⓘ
surface form: Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Roraima state ⓘ
surface form: Roraima

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo ⓘ
wordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carib languages → hasNotableLanguage → Makushi language ⓘ
Pemon language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Makushi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macushi language
Akawaio language → neighboringLanguages → Makushi language ⓘ