• Mawayana (Mahuayana), also known as Mapidian (Maopidyán), is a moribund Arawakan language of northern South America. It used to be spoken by Mawayana [nl]...
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    Maipurean. Aikhenvald (1999:69) classifies Mawayana with Wapishana together under a Rio Branco branch, giving for Mawayana also the names "Mapidian" and "Mawakwa"...
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    Waiwai Arawak (Lokono) Patamona Warao Carib Wapishana Pemon (Arekuna) Mawayana Vernacular language Guyanese Creole Other languages 5 languages Guyanese...
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    Venezuela Kalina, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela Mawayana [nl] Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana...
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    languages Arawak (Lokono) Carib (Kari'nja) Garifuna (Karif) Kapóng Macushi Mawayana (Mapidian) Mopan Pemon (Arekuna) Qʼeqchiʼ (Kʼekchi) Sikiana (Kashuyana)...
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  • has a population of about 80 people. The inhabitants are of the subgroup Mawayana [nl] or the Frog people. The village is located inside the disputed Tigri...
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    Guyana Jaoi (Yao), Guyana, Trinidad and Venezuela Mapidian (also known as Mawayana), southwest Taruma, Guyana, Brazil, Suriname. Recognised in Maruranau by...
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  • conservative, while Mawayana has innovated more from Proto-Pidjanan. Ramirez's (2020) classification is:: 36  Pidjanan Mawayana Wapishanan Wapishana...
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    Spanish, and the native languages: Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Mawayana, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, and Wayana Trinidad and...
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  • Wapishana, Atorada, and Mapidian to be dialects. Aikhenvald (1999) separates Mawayana/Mapidian/Mawakwa (considered as a single language) from Wapishana, and...
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