Native speakers (42 cited 1986–2001) | Ethnicity Auaké ISO 639-3 atx | |
Language family Arutani–Sape ?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. Ethnic Arutani also speak Ninam.
References
Arutani language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA