Waiwai language
Appearance
Waiwai | |
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Native to | Brazil, Guyana |
Ethnicity | Wai-Wai |
Native speakers | (2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1] |
Cariban
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | waw |
ELP |
Waiwai /ˈwaɪwaɪ/[2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.
References
- ^ Waiwai at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh