The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: APA
ISO 639-2: sai
| Population | 450 (1993 SIL). |
| Region | Pará, mainly on the Paru Leste River with fringe groups on the Jari and Citare rivers. 20 villages. |
| Alternate names | APARAI, APALAY |
| Classification | Carib, Northern, East-West Guiana, Wayana-Trio. |
| Comments | 75% bilingual in Wayana, 25% monolingual. Dictionary. Grammar. OVS, SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 37%. NT 1986. |
