Arutani

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
atx
Alternate Names
Aoaqui, Auake, Auaqué, Awake, Oewaku, Orotani, Uruak, Urutani
Population

17 in Brazil (1986 SIL). Population total all countries: 42.

Location

Roraima. Also in Venezuela.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Language isolate
Language Use

Most have intermarried with the Ninam, some with the Pemon (Arecuna) and a few with the Sapi and do not speak Arutani fluently. Some also use Ninam [shb].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arutani

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