Region French Guiana Native speakers 400 (2001) Glottolog emer1243 | Ethnicity Emerillon people ISO 639-3 eme | |
Language family Tupian
Tupi–Guaraní
Wayampí
Emerillon |
Emerillon (alternate names Emerilon, Emerion, Mereo, Melejo, Mereyo, Teco) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in French Guiana on the rivers Camopi and Tampok. The Emerillon people refer to their language as Teke and it is mutually intelligible to Wayampi a language indigenous to French Guiana and Brazil.
References
Emerillon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA