Kapóng
E781689
Kapóng is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Akawaio people of Guyana and neighboring regions.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Akawaio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingarikó NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapon ⓘ Kapong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Makushi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patamona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryStatusInGuyana | indigenous minority language ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | described in grammars and wordlists ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Akawaio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingarikó NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | akaw1239 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ake ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive nasalization ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Venezuelan Carib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Akawaio traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| partOf | Kapon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Guiana Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Mazaruni region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Akawaio people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingarikó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectVerbObjectOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Portuguese ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Akawaio communities
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | local community-based literacy programs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.