Brazil

KALIHNA

Language Name :    Carib

Alternate Names:    Caribe, Cariña, Kalihna, Kalinya, Galibí,
Maraworno, Marworno

Comments:             Called 'Galibi' in Brazil.Portuguese-Carib creole
people (Galibí do Uaça) also speak Crioulo (French Creole)

Dialects:                 Tyrewuju (Eastern Carib).

Region:                   State of Amapá.

Population:             100 in Brazil (1995 SIL).

MACUSHI

Alternate Names:             Macusi, Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Teueia, Teweya

Comments:                     OVS

Dialects:                         Not intelligible with Pemon or Patamona.

Language Use:                Also use Portuguese.

Language Development:    NT: 1996

Population:                      19,000 in Brazil (2001 ISA). Population total all countries: 29,100

Region:                           Contingo, Quino, Pium, and Mau rivers, northeast Roraima and Rio Branco. Also in Guyana, Venezuela

WAYANA

Alternate Names:   Alukuyana, Oayana, Oiana, Oyana, Uaiana, Upurui, Wayâna

Dialects:                Rucuyen (Roucouyenne), Urucuiana (Urucena)

Population:            150 in Brazil.

Region:                  Amapá, among the Apalaí.

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