Alukuyana
E767339
Alukuyana is an alternative name for the Wayana language, an indigenous Cariban language spoken in parts of Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | Wayana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Apalaí language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wayana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicons ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | way ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
verbal affixation for person and number ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariban language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern South America ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
language shift to Dutch in Suriname
ⓘ
language shift to French in French Guiana ⓘ language shift to Portuguese in Brazil ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Wayana communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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