Baniwa

Facts

  • Language: Baniwa
  • Alternate names: Baniwa, Baniva, Baniva do Içana, Suicí, Ualiperi, Siusi, Baniua do Içana, Maniba, Baniba, Issana, Dakenei, Karútana-Baniwa, Karútana-Baniva, Baniba, Baniua do Içana, Kohoroxitari,
  • Language code: bwi
  • Language family: Maipurean, Northern, Upper Amazon, Eastern Nawiki, Karu (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: >9,554?
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Go to Colombia or Venezuela to work or trade. Some isolated and uncontacted groups of Baniwa may exist in Brazil.

    Sources confuse other languages that are also called "Baniwa" (spelling varies). Yavitero (Baniva de Guainía) [yvt] is a different language.