Oayana

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Oayana is an alternative name for the Wayana language, an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Wayana people in parts of Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language
language
alternativeNameOf Wayana language NERFINISHED
country Brazil
French Guiana NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Wayana NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Oayana language NERFINISHED
Wayana NERFINISHED
hasDialects Wayana dialects
hasGlottocode waya1269
hasISO6393Code pyn
isIndigenousLanguageOf Wayana people NERFINISHED
languageBranch Cariban NERFINISHED
languageFamily Cariban languages NERFINISHED
region eastern Guiana Shield NERFINISHED
northern Amazon basin
spokenBy Wayana people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Brazil NERFINISHED
French Guiana NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED
usedIn daily communication within Wayana communities
ritual practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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