Sikiana

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Xikiyana, Xikujana

Population

33 in Brazil (1986 SIL). Total users in all countries: 48.

Location

Pará state: between Rio Cafuini and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi, near the Suriname border.

Language Maps

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Salumá [slj].

Language Use

Also use Waiwai [waw] (Crevels 2007).

Language Resources

Suriname

Language nameSikiana

Population

15 in Suriname (Carlin 2001), decreasing. Ethnic population: 50.

Location

Sipaliwini district: Kwamalasamutu area on Sipaliwini river.

Alternate Names

Chikena, Sikiuyana, Sikiyana, Tshikiana

Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Home, friends. Elderly only. All also use Trió [tri], as their primary language (Crevels 2007).