Waiwai language

Waiwai
Native toBrazil, Guyana, Suriname
EthnicityWai-Wai
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1]
Cariban
Dialects
  • Katawian (Tunayana)
  • Karahawyana
Language codes
ISO 639-3waw
Glottologwaiw1244
ELP

Waiwai /ˈww/[2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana and Suriname.

  1. ^ Waiwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh