Arutani

Facts

  • Language: Arutani
  • Alternate names: Auaqué, Awaké, Auaké, Auake, Awake, Aoaqui, Oewaku, Uruak, Uruák, Urutani, Orotani, Ahuaqué, Oewacu,
  • Language code: atx, arut1244
  • Language family: Isolate; South American (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 1 in Saúba, Brazil and 4 in Upper Paragua, Venezuela
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Probably dormant, possible one or two semi-speakers. There is now enough documentation in several wordlists collected from 1958 to 2007 to show it has no discernible affiliation with any other language or family (Zamponi in press.)