Mawayana

Facts

  • Language: Mawayana
  • Alternate names: Mahuayana, Madipian, Maiopitian, Maopityan
  • Language code: mzx, mpw
  • Language family: Arawakan; Northern Arawakan; Maritime (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 2
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Ethnologue (Lewis et al. 2016) has two codes for two "languages" which are apparently a single language, Madipian [mpw] in Brazil (with alternate name Mawayana), and Mawayana [mzx] in Guyana -- both said to be among the Waiwai.