Sikiana language

Sikiana
Kaxuiâna (Katxúyana)
Native to	Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
Ethnicity	Sikiana people
Native speakers	unknown (33 in Brazil cited 1986)^[1] 15 in Suriname (2001)
Language family	Cariban Parukotoan Sikiana–Salumá? Sikiana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `sik` – Shikuyana (Sikiana) `kbb` – Warikyana (Kaxuiâna)
Glottolog	`siki1239` (Sikiana)^[2] `kaxu1237` (Kaxuiâna)^[3] `paux1235` (Pauxi)^[4]

Sikiana, or Kashuyana, is a Carib language that was spoken by 33 people in Brazil and 15 people in Suriname. It was spoken in Venezuela at one time and is now probably extinct there. The Warikyana dialect went extinct around 2000, and the language frequently goes by the name of the surviving dialect, Sikiana.

References

^ Shikuyana (Sikiana) at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Warikyana (Kaxuiâna) at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sikiana". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaxuiâna". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Pauxi". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

Hixkaryana
Katxúyana
Waiwai

Pekodian

Venezuelan Carib

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón

Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages

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Sikiana language