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Karahawyana dialect

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Karahawyana
Karakhawyana
Native toBrazil
Regionnear Waiwai, Amazonas
Native speakers
(40 cited 1995)[1]
Cariban?
Language codes
ISO 639-3xkh (retired)
Glottologkara1475

Karahawyana is a Cariban[2] dialect of Waiwai[3][4] spoken by about 40 individuals near Waiwai, Amazonas, Brazil. Some Karahawyana speakers live with the Wai-Wai and others near the Hixkaryana and speak those languages respectively. It is nearly extinct.

References

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  1. ^ Karahawyana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Glottolog 5.1 - Karahawyana". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. ^ Editor Ethnologue (2015-06-04). ISO 639-3 Registration Authority Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code (PDF). {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 – s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. ISSN 1535-0665.