Wapixana

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Wapixana is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wapishana 19
Wapixana canonical 3
Wapichana 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language
indigenous language
living language
countryStatus minority language in Brazil
minority language in Guyana
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottologCode wapi1253
glottologName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
hasAlternativeName Vapixana
Wapichan
Wapichana
linked to: Wapichan

Wapichanã
linked to: Wapichan

Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
hasDialects Brazilian Wapixana variety
Guyana Wapixana variety
hasLinguisticRelation related to Atoraiú language
related to other Arawakan languages of the Guianas
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal vowels
contrastive oral vowels
simple consonant inventory
hasTypologicalFeature SOV basic word order (subject–object–verb)
agglutinative morphology
head-marking
possessive prefixes on nouns
verb agreement with subject
iso639-3Code wap
languageBranch Northern Arawak
linked to: Southern Arawakan
languageFamily Arawakan languages
region Guiana Shield
northern Amazon
spokenBy Wapishana people
spokenIn Amazonas (Brazilian state)
linked to: Amazonas state

Brazil
Guyana
Roraima
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
subclassOf Northern Arawakan language
subjectOf descriptive grammars
ethnolinguistic research
phonological studies
usedFor daily communication in some Wapishana communities
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
usedIn bilingual education projects in Brazil
bilingual education projects in Guyana
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wapishana language alternateName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas includesEthnicGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Arawak relatedEthnicGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Brazilian Wapishana ethnicGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Guyana Wapishana ethnicGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapixana hasAlternativeName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapixana glottologName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana hasGlottologName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana hasAlternativeName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana hasAlternativeName Wapixana
Vapixana hasAlternativeName Wapichana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapichan alternateName Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapichan associatedPeople Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Atorada language ethnolinguisticAssociation Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Roraima hasIndigenousLanguages Wapichana
subject linked to: Roraima state
linked to: Wapixana
Waiwai neighboringIndigenousPeoples Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo hasIndigenousCommunity Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Maipurean (Arawakan) includesLanguage Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapishana people ethnicity Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Wapishana people autonym Wapixana
Macushi relatedEthnicGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Macuxi neighboringIndigenousPeoples Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin includesGroup Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana