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ISO 639-3 · arwarw
unclassified

Arawak

Lokono

Arawak is a language, spoken in France, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Wikidata counts about 2,500 speakers (1980). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by the Lokono people”.

8a · MoribundLatn2,500
At a glance
ISO 639-3
arw
Glottocode
araw1276
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
24 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level

Facts

NameArawak · Lokono
Also calledArawak language, Arawak
All speakers2,500 (1980)
Written inLatin script
Grammatical genders2 listed in Wikidata

Vitality

EGIDS 8a Moribund8a

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Severely endangered
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