Baniwa language

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Name (Latin)
Baniwa language
Other forms of name
Baniba language
Baniua do Içana language
Baniva do Içana language
Issana language
Maniba language
See Also From tracing topical name
Arawakan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
MARC
MARC
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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