Baniwa language
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3501735
Library of congress:
sh 93006907
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 92832594: Taylor, G. Introdução à língua baniwa do Içana, 1991.
- Ethnologue www site, Nov. 30, 1999(Baniwa, Baniua do Içana, Maniba, Baniva, Baniba, Issana; Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela)
- Ruhlen, M. Guide to the world's languages, 1987:p. 374 (Baniwa)
- Voegelin lang.:p. 218 (Baniva do Icana, Issana; given as dialect of Carútana)
Wikipedia description:
Karu, one of several languages called Baniwa (Baniva), or in older sources Itayaine (Iyaine), is an Arawakan language spoken in Guainía, Colombia, Venezuela, and Amazonas, Brazil. It forms a subgroup with the Tariana, Piapoco, Resígaro and Guarequena languages. There are 10,000 speakers.
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