Guy Flas (Page 1)

Morawhanna

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Baramanni E. Camargo (CELIA) 10° Ka Peru Brazil itu ma

P Coordination: F. Queixalos and O. Renault-Lescure A Bolivia WARRAU C I B F a I ri C m Paraguay a a O Chile m C Arakaka ara E B A

N 30° N A Uruguay E Charity C Argentina O ARAWAK C I T N CARIB A P L ome oon T r A

50° 0 1.000 km AKAWAIO 80° 60° 40° CARIB

Kartumi CARIB Cuyuni Parika GEORGETOWN

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c a ai h A a L Bartica M E Mazar uni ARAWAK U New Amsterdam Z o E m a a en r N a W r

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KEY ic PATAMONA rb Linguistic families and languages Be

uni par Arawakan Si ARAWAK Conventions WAPIXANA International boundary Cariban GEORGETOWN Capital

AKAWAIO CARIB Apoteri Other locality MAKUSHI PATAMONA River ° PEMON 4 TRIO Apoteri Cette carte n'implique de la part de l'ORSTOM aucune prise de position WAIWAI quant au statut juridique du pays, des territoires, villes ou zones et de MAWAYANA Karanambo leurs autorités, ni quant à leurs frontières ou limites. Be

rb ic Isolated language MAKUSHI e WARRAU

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Creole languages R

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M Ethnolinguistic data Shea Dadanawa Amerindian population: 50.000 Number of Amerindian languages: 11 ver ibo wRi WAPIXANA Ne equ TRIO/WAIWAI Number of Creole languages: 3 Ess Guyanese english based creole Berbice dutch based creole Skepi dutch based creole

i uwin Kuy ue Languages in dangerous of extinction: oq Mawayana (Cariban people living in Waiwai settlements) on Skepi (Creole people) Or Berbice (Creole people) WAIWAI/MAWAYANA

Sources: Personal communications: Références : Forte, J. General information - 1996. Cartes IGN (France) à 1 : 5 000 000 (1968), Grenand, P. Les Amérindiens des Guyanes. Situations contemporaines. Carte. 1996. adaptées selon carte d'auteur : Feuille 1 : Haïti-Lima Melville, I. General information - 1996. Feuille 2 : Georgetown-Recife

Bibliography: BRAZIL Grimes, B. 1992. Ethnologue. Languages of the World. 12 th, edition. SIL. Scale 1: 2.500.000 0 100 km