
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.