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ISO 639-3 · wayway
Cariban family
Wayana
Wayana is a language of the Cariban branch, spoken in Brazil, France and Suriname. Wikidata counts 1,700 first-language speakers (2012).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
way- Glottocode
waya1269- Family
- Cariban
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
1,700first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Wayana |
|---|---|
| Also called | Wayana language |
| L1 speakers | 1,700 (2012) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Cariban to Wayana
The branches above Wayana, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
22CaribanfamilywayWayanalanguage
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 · ShiftingwapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · Threatened