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Wayampi

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: oym

Population	530 in Brazil (2000 SIL). Includes 520 speakers of Amapari, 10 of Oiapoque. Population total all countries: 1,180.
Region	West central Amapá and northern Pará, tributaries of the upper Amapari River. 8 villages. Also in French Guiana.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 83
Alternate names	Guaiapi, Guayapi, Oiampí, “Oiampipucu” , Oyampí, Oyampík, “Oyampipuku” , Oyanpík, Waiampi, Waiãpi, Wajapae, Wajapuku, Wayapae, Wayãpi
Dialects	Oiyapoque Wayampi, Amapari Wayampi, Jari.
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup VIII
Language use	Language attitudes between different dialect speakers have improved.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. NT: 2003.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

French Guiana

Language name	Wayampi
Population	650 in French Guiana (2000 SIL). 120 Camopí and Masikilí on middle Oyapock River, and 180 in 3 villages on upper Oyapock around Trois-Sauts (Grenand 1980).
Region	Southern border area.
Language map	French Guiana and Suriname
Alternate names	Oiampí, Oiumpian, Oyampí, Oyapí, Wajapi, Wayapi, Wayãpi
Dialects	Oiyapoque, Wajapuku.
Language use	20 on upper Oyapock River speak imperfect Wayana. Monolinguals include children under 6, more than half the women, most men over 45, and all of those recently from Brazil. All ages. Everyone on the middle Oyapock and a few on the upper Oyapock can understand Emerillon [eme], but no one will speak it. 7 people on upper Oyapock and 8 on middle Oyapock speak French well. Half can partially understand Guianese Creole French [gcr]; 30 speak it well around Camopí. A few speak Portuguese.
Comments	2 schools since 1956 and 1971.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Dooley, Robert A. 1988. "Pragmatics and grammar: Motivation and control."

Jensen, Allen A. 1985. Sistemas indígenas de classificação de aves: Aspectos comparativos, ecológicos e evolutivos.

Jensen, Allen A. 1988. Sistemas indígenas de classificação de aves: Aspectos comparativos, ecológicos e evolutivos.

Jensen, Allen A. 1990. "Biological information transmitted through festival."

Jensen, Allen A. 1994. "Wayampi."

Jensen, Allen Arthur. Available: 2001; Created: 1988. Indigenous systems of bird classification: comparative, ecological and evolutionary aspects [abstract].  

Jensen, Cheryl J. 1978. "Um estudo de frases não-verbais em oiampí."

Jensen, Cheryl J. 1983. "Algumas consequências morfológicas do desenvolvimento fonológico da língua wayapí (oyampí)."

Jensen, Cheryl J. 1984. O desenvolvimento histórico da língua wayampi.

Jensen, Cheryl J. 1989. O desenvolvimento histórico da lingua wayampi.

Jensen, Cheryl. 2008. "Excerpts from cross-referencing changes in some Tupí-Guaraní languages."

Olson, Gary P. 1982. The Wayãpi - A world in conflict.

Olson, Gary. 1978. Descrição preliminar de orações wajapĩ.

Olson, Roberta. 1978. Dicionário por tópicos nas línguas oiampí (wajapĩ) - português.