Arutani language

Arutani
Arutani
Uruak, Awake
Native to	Brazil, Venezuela
Region	Roraima (Brazil); Karum River area, Bolivar State (Venezuela)
Ethnicity	Auaké
Native speakers	(42 cited 1986–2001)
Language family	Arutani–Sape ? Arutani;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	atx
Glottolog	arut1244
ELP	Arutani

Arutani (Orotani, Urutani, also known as Awake, Auake, Auaqué, Aoaqui, Oewaku, ethnonym Uruak) is a nearly extinct language spoken by only 17 individuals in Roraima, Brazil and two others in the Karum River area of Bolivar State, Venezuela. It is one of the most poorly attested extant languages in South America, and may be a language isolate. There is, however, no linguistic data on the language.^[2]^[3] Ethnic Arutani also speak Ninam.

References

^ Arutani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström, Harald (2010). "The status of the least documented language families in the world" (PDF). Language Documentation & Conservation. 4: 183.
^ Dixon, R. M. W.; A. Y. Aikhenvald (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press Cambridge. p. 343.

External links

Alain Fabre, 2005. Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: AWAKE

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[e18-1] Arutani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald (2010). "The status of the least documented language families in the world" (PDF). Language Documentation & Conservation. 4: 183.

[3] Dixon, R. M. W.; A. Y. Aikhenvald (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press Cambridge. p. 343.

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