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Waiwai language

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Waiwai
Native toBrazil, Guyana
EthnicityWai-Wai
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1]
Cariban
  • Parukotoan
    • Waiwai languages
      • Waiwai
Dialects
  • Katawian
Language codes
ISO 639-3waw
ELP

Waiwai /ˈww/[2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.

References

  1. ^ Waiwai at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh