Wapixana

E618320
Arawakan language indigenous language living language

Wapixana is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wapishana 3
Wapixana canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
living language ⓘ
countryStatus minority language in Brazil ⓘ
minority language in Guyana ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottologCode wapi1253 ⓘ
glottologName Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vapixana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wapichan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wapichana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wapichanã NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects Brazilian Wapixana variety ⓘ
Guyana Wapixana variety ⓘ
hasLinguisticRelation related to Atoraiú language ⓘ
related to other Arawakan languages of the Guianas ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal vowels ⓘ
contrastive oral vowels ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature SOV basic word order (subject–object–verb) ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ
possessive prefixes on nouns ⓘ
verb agreement with subject ⓘ
iso639-3Code wap ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Arawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Guiana Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Wapishana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Amazonas (Brazilian state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roraima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Arawakan language ⓘ
subjectOf descriptive grammars ⓘ
ethnolinguistic research ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in some Wapishana communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn bilingual education projects in Brazil ⓘ
bilingual education projects in Guyana ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Wapishana language → alternateName → Wapixana ⓘ
Wapishana language → alternateName → Wapixana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wapishana
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → includesEthnicGroup → Wapixana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wapishana
Arawak → relatedEthnicGroup → Wapixana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wapishana