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- Wapishana
ISO 639-3 · wapwap
Northern Maipuran family
Wapishana
Wapishana is a language of the Northern Maipuran branch, spoken in Brazil and Guyana. Wikidata counts about 13,000 speakers (2000).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
wap- Glottocode
wapi1253- Family
- Northern Maipuran
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Wapishana |
|---|---|
| Also called | Wapishana language |
| All speakers | 13,000 (2000) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northern Maipuran to Wapishana
The branches above Wapishana, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3Northern MaipuranfamilywapWapishanalanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Brazil
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalgrnGuaraniTupian · 4.5 mSafebzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · DevelopingvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingterTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · ShiftingcarCaribCariban · 10,0006b · Threatened