Shikuyana

Facts

  • Language: Shikuyana
  • Alternate names: Sikiana, Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiána, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Sikiyana, Tshikiana, Xikiyana, Xikujan, Katxúyana, Kaxuiana, Kashuyana-Warikyana
  • Language code: sik
  • Language family: Cariban, Kashuyana (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <162
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    For some, Shikuyana is a dialect of Kashuyana (Kaxuiana, Katxúyana), for others the two are separate languages. ELCat has a separate entry for each.