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Waiwai language

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Waiwai
Native toBrazil
EthnicityWai-Wai
Native speakers
3,100 (2005)
Cariban
  • Guiana Carib
    • Waiwai
Dialects
  • Katawian
Language codes
ISO 639-3waw
ELP

Waiwai (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers in Guyana. Katawian dialect has been listed as a separate language (Voegelin 1977).

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