Also Known As:
Auaqué, Awaké, Auaké, Auake, Awake, Aoaqui, Oewaku, Uruak, Uruák, Urutani, Orotani, Ahuaqué, Oewacu
Dialects & Varieties
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Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1 in Saúba, Brazil and 4 in Upper Paragua, Venezuela
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Rosés Labrada, Jorge Emilio, Thiago Chacon & Francia Medina. 2020. Arutani (Venezuela and Brazil) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17,
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
Bibliography of Locations:
Rosés Labrada, Jorge Emilio, Thiago Chacon & Francia Medina. 2020. Arutani (Venezuela and Brazil) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17,
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
Bibliography of Context:
Rosés Labrada, Jorge Emilio, Thiago Chacon & Francia Medina. 2020. Arutani (Venezuela and Brazil) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17,
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193
170-177. London: EL Publishing. Link to this article: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/193