E’ñapa Woromaipu
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A language of Venezuela
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Abira, Eye, Eñapa, Eñepa, Mapoyo, Panare, Panari
Autonym
E’ñepa
Population
4,180 (Crevels 2012). 2,480 monolinguals. Nearly all women monolingual; men fairly bilingual in Spanish [spa]. Ethnic population: 4,270 (2001 census).
Location
Bolívar state: savannah and highland groups 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of Cuchivero river. 20 or more settlements.
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Language Status
5* (Developing). Recognized language (2008, Indigenous Languages Law, Article 4).
Classification
Typology
OVS, VOS.
Language Use
Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–25%. Grammar. NT: 2003.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].