| Mapoyo | |
| Nativename: | Mapoyo–Yavarana |
| States: | Venezuela |
| Region: | Suapure River |
| Ethnicity: | 520 Mapoyo & Yabarana (2007) |
| Extinct: | Last speaker of Pemono after 1998. A few semi-speakers of Mapoyo proper (2007), 20 Yabarana (1977) |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Carib |
| Fam2: | Venezuelan Carib |
| Fam3: | Mapoyo–Tamanaku |
| Lc1: | mcg |
| Ld1: | Mapoyo |
| Lc2: | yar |
| Ld2: | Yabarana |
| Lc3: | pev |
| Ld3: | Pémono |
| Glotto: | mapo1245 |
| Glottorefname: | Mapoyo–Yawarana |
| Notice: | IPA |
Mapoyo, or Mapoyo–Yavarana, is a Carib language spoken along the Suapure and Parguaza Rivers, Venezuela. The ethnic population of Mapoyo proper is about 365. Yabarana dialect is perhaps extinct; 20 speakers were known in 1977. An additional dialect, Pémono,[1] was discovered in 1998. It was spoken by an 80-year-old woman and has since gone extinct.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Fricative | β | s | h | |||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j |
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u | |
| Mid | e | ɘ | o | |
| Low | a |