Yekuana ( Cunuana, De'cuana, Maiongong, Makiritare, Maquiritai, Maquiritare, Maquiritari, Mayongong, Pawana, Soto, Ye'cuana, Yekuana, Yekuána ) is a Caribbean language spoken by living on the border with Brazil, on the Auaris, Ventuari, Caura, Cuntinamo, Kunukunum, Matakuni, Padamo, Paragua and Erebato rivers in the states of Amasonas and Bolivar in Venezuela, on the Yanomami reservation near the border with Venezuela in the north-west of the state of Roraima in Brazil.
| Yekuan | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Brazil , Venezuela |
| Regions | Amasonas , Bolivar , Roraima |
| Total number of speakers | 6000 (2001) |
| Classification | |
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| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | mch |
| WALS | |
| Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | and |
| Ethnologue | |
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| IETF | |
| Glottolog | and |
Dialects
The ecuana has dialects: decuana (vainungomo), ihuruana, kunuana, mayongong (ecuana) and maitsi.
Links
- Yekuan on Ethnologue