(documentation ArutaniLanguage EnglishLanguage "The ArutaniLanguage is an ArutaniSapeLanguage of Brazil. SIL code: ATX. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 17 in Brazil (1986 SIL). Population total both countries: 22. Region: Roraima. Alternate names: AUAQUE, AUAKE, AWAKE, AOAQUI, OEWAKU, URUAK, URUTANI. Comments: The remaining speakers are bilingual in Ninam. Most are intermarried with the Ninam, some with the Pemon (Arecuna) and a few with the Sapi and do not speak Arutani fluently. Nearly extinct. Also spoken in: Venezuela. (Language name: ARUTANI.) Population: 5 speakers out of a population of up to 30 in Venezuela (1977 Migliazza). Alternate names: AUAQUE, AUAKE, AWAKE, URUAK, URUTANI, AOAQUI, OEWAKU. Comments: The remaining speakers are bilingual in Ninam. Most are intermarried with the Ninam, some with the Pemon (Arecuna), a few with the Sape, and they do not speak Arutani fluently. Nearly extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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