Mapoyo, or Mapoyo–Yavarana, is a Carib language spoken along the Suapure and Parguaza Rivers, Venezuela. The ethnic population of Mapoyo proper is about 365. Yabarana dialect is perhaps extinct; 20 speakers were known in 1977.[1] An additional dialect, Pémono,[2] was discovered in 1998. It was spoken by an 80-year-old woman and has since gone extinct.
Mapoyo | |
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Mapoyo–Yavarana | |
Native to | Venezuela |
Region | Suapure River |
Ethnicity | 520 Mapoyo & Yabarana (2007)[1] |
Extinct | Last speaker of Pemono after 1998. A few semi-speakers of Mapoyo proper (2007), 20 Yabarana (1977)[1] |
Carib
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:mcg – Mapoyoyar – Yabaranapev – Pémono |
Glottolog | mapo1245 |
ELP |
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Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Fricative | β | s | h | ||
Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | ɘ | o |
Low | a |