Sapé

Facts

  • Language: Sapé
  • Alternate names: Caliana, Kaliana, Kariana, Calianá, Chirichano, Cariana
  • Language code: spc; sape1238
  • Language family: Isolate; South America (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 5
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Sapé / Kaliana has sometimes been considered extinct, though reports persist of possible (but unidentified) speakers; 40 words were collected from what appear to be rememberers in 2008 (Perozo et al. 2008).