Sikiana language explained

Sikiana
Nativename:Kaxuiâna (Katxúyana)
States:Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
Ethnicity:Sikiana
Speakers:33 in Brazil
Date:1986
Speakers2:15 in Suriname (2001)
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Cariban
Fam2:Parukotoan
Fam3:Sikiana–Salumá?
Lc1:sik
Ld1:Shikuyana (Sikiana)
Lc2:kbb
Ld2:Warikyana (Kaxuiâna)
Glotto:siki1239
Glottoname:Sikiana
Glotto2:kaxu1237
Glottoname2:Kaxuiâna
Glotto3:paux1235
Glottoname3:Pauxi
Elp2:3099
Elpname2:Katxúyana

Sikiana, or Kashuyana (also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikïiyana, Xikiyana, Xikujana[1]) 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 became extinct around 2000, and the language frequently goes by the name of the surviving dialect, Sikiana.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnologue: Sikiana. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 14 October 2019.