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Mawayana (Mahuayana), also known as Mapidian (Maopidyán), is a moribund Arawakan language of northern South America. It used to be spoken by Mawayana [nl] people living in ethnic Wai-wai and Tiriyó villages in Brazil, Guyana and Suriname.[5][2] As of 2015, the last two speakers of the language are living in Kwamalasamutu.[6][2]
^Carlin & Mans 2013:79
^ abcMans & Carlin 2015, p. 98.
^Aikhenvald 1999:69.
^Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
^Cite error: The named reference Meira-2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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