Lokono

Facts

Language: Lokono
Alternate names: Arawak, Arawák, Aruak, Arowak, Locono, Arwuak
Language code: arw
Language family: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Ta-Maipurean (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: <2,000
Vulnerability: Endangered
Script: Latin script.

More information:

Lokono has two mutually intelligible dialects. Western Lokono (or Guyanese Lokono) is spoken in Guyana, and Eastern Lokono (or Surinamese Lokono) in Suriname and French Guiana. (Rybka 2015)