Wapixana

E618320

Wapixana is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wapishana 19
Wapixana canonical 3
Wapichana 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
living language ⓘ
countryStatus minority language in Brazil ⓘ
minority language in Guyana ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottologCode wapi1253 ⓘ
glottologName Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
hasAlternativeName Vapixana ⓘ
Wapichan ⓘ
Wapichana ⓘ
linked to: Wapichan

Wapichanã ⓘ
linked to: Wapichan

Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
hasDialects Brazilian Wapixana variety ⓘ
Guyana Wapixana variety ⓘ
hasLinguisticRelation related to Atoraiú language ⓘ
related to other Arawakan languages of the Guianas ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal vowels ⓘ
contrastive oral vowels ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature SOV basic word order (subject–object–verb) ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ
possessive prefixes on nouns ⓘ
verb agreement with subject ⓘ
iso639-3Code wap ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Arawak ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arawakan
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
region Guiana Shield ⓘ
northern Amazon ⓘ
spokenBy Wapishana people ⓘ
spokenIn Amazonas (Brazilian state) ⓘ
linked to: Amazonas state

Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Roraima ⓘ
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Arawakan language ⓘ
subjectOf descriptive grammars ⓘ
ethnolinguistic research ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in some Wapishana communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn bilingual education projects in Brazil ⓘ
bilingual education projects in Guyana ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wapishana language → alternateName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → includesEthnicGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Arawak → relatedEthnicGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Brazilian Wapishana → ethnicGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Guyana Wapishana → ethnicGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapixana → hasAlternativeName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapixana → glottologName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana → hasGlottologName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana → hasAlternativeName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Vapixana → hasAlternativeName → Wapixana ⓘ
Vapixana → hasAlternativeName → Wapichana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapichan → alternateName → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapichan → associatedPeople → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Atorada language → ethnolinguisticAssociation → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Roraima → hasIndigenousLanguages → Wapichana ⓘ
subject linked to: Roraima state
linked to: Wapixana
Waiwai → neighboringIndigenousPeoples → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo → hasIndigenousCommunity → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Maipurean (Arawakan) → includesLanguage → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapishana people → ethnicity → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Wapishana people → autonym → Wapixana ⓘ
Macushi → relatedEthnicGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Macuxi → neighboringIndigenousPeoples → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin → includesGroup → Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana