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ISO 639-3 · mchmch
Cariban family
Ye'kuana
Ye'kuana is a language of the Cariban branch, spoken in Brazil and Venezuela. Wikidata counts about 6,000 speakers (2001).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mch- Glottocode
maqu1238- Family
- Cariban
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ye'kuana |
|---|---|
| Also called | Maquiritari, Yekuana, Ye'kuana language |
| All speakers | 6,000 (2001) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Cariban to Ye'kuana
The branches above Ye'kuana, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
22CaribanfamilymchYe'kuanalanguage
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