Karahawyana language
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Karahawyana is a language 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.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Some Karahawyana speakers live with the Wai-Wai
Wai-Wai people
The Wai-wai are an ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil.The Wai-wai in Guyana live in the far south of the country, near the headwaters of the Essequibo River. There are approximately 200 Wai-wai in Guyana and 2000 in Brazil...
and others near the Hixkaryana
Hixkaryana language
Hixkaryana is one of the Carib languages, spoken by just over 500 people on the Nhamundá River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of a few known natural languages that normally use object–verb–subject word order, and may have been the first such language to be described...
and speak those languages respectively. It is nearly extinct.