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Carapana

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3: cbc

Population	600 in Colombia (1990 SIL). Population total all countries: 650.
Region	Vaupés region, Caño Tí (tributary of middle Vaupés River) and upper Papurí and Pirá-Paraná rivers. Also in Brazil.
Language map	Southern Colombia, reference number 3
Alternate names	Carapana-Tapuya, Karapaná, Karapanã, Karapano, Mextã, Mochda, Moxdoa
Classification	Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan, Central, Tatuyo
Language use	Due to intermarriage with neighboring groups, almost all Tatuyo and Waimaha speak Carapana as well as their L1.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Grammar. NT: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Swidden agriculturalists.

Also spoken in:

Brazil

Language name	Karapanã
Population	50 in Brazil (1986 SIL).
Region	Amazonas, São Gabriel and Pari-Cachoeira.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 20
Alternate names	Carapana, Carapanã, Mextã

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Gerdel, Florence L. and others. 1973. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 2.  

Metzger, Ronald G. 1973. "Carapana."  

Metzger, Ronald G. 1981. Gramática popular del carapana.

Metzger, Ronald G. 1998. "The morpheme KA- of Carapana (Tucanoan)."  

Metzger, Ronald G. and Lois Metzger. 1973. "Fonología del carapana."  

Metzger, Ronald G., compiler. 2000. Marĩ yaye mena Carapana, yaia yaye mena Español macãrĩcã tuti = Carapana-Español, diccionario de 1000 palabras.  

Mountain, Kathy. 1978. "Lista de palabras Swadesh y Rowe."  

Schauer, Stanley and others. 1973. Aspectos de la cultura material de grupos étnicos de Colombia 1.  

Valencia S., Manuel, Ronald G. Metzger, and Lois Metzger. 1974. "Texto carapana: La historia de Junia."  

Vernacular Publications

Capee apeye queti marĩ pũnaa na cabuepee (Para los niños de la comunidad Carapana). 1999.  

Dʉrʉayaye. 1973.

Macãnʉcʉmacãna. 1973.

Moa queti apeye queticʉã. 1979.

Papera pũrõ buerique. 1974.

Simón Bolívar. 1975.

Una collección de narraciónes indígenas. 1976.

Yʉ cabuemãsĩãtãjẽ. 1979.