Mapoyo
PrintA language of Venezuela
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Mapayo, Mapoye, Mopoi, Nepoye, Wanai
Population
12 (2001 census), decreasing. A few semi-speakers left (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: Fewer than 200 (Crevels 2007).
Location
Southwest Bolivar State, on the savanna between Caño Caripo north and Villacoa river south, near Caicara del Orinoco road to Puerto Ayacucho, Palomo community, 60 km south of La Urbana.
Language Maps
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Similar to Yabarana [yar].
Typology
Ergative
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.