Mawayana language

Mawayana
Mapidian
Native toBrazil, Guyana and Suriname
RegionKwamalasamutu (currently)
EthnicityMawayana [nl; hr]
Native speakers
2 (2015)
Arawakan
Dialects
  • Mawakwa?
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mzx – Mawayana
mpw – Mapidian (duplicate code)
Glottologmapi1252  Mapidian-Mawayana
mawa1268  Mawakwa (retired)
ELPMawayana

Mawayana, also called Mapidian, is an Arawakan language spoken in the vilage of Kwamalasamutu, Suriname by only two people.

References

  1. ↑ Carlin & Mans 2013:79
  2. ↑ Mans & Carlin 2015, p. 98.
  3. ↑ Aikhenvald 1999:69.
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1–s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0029-1D58-0. ISSN 1535-0665.