Ye'kuana language

Maquiritari
Dekwana
Native to	Venezuela
Ethnicity	Ye'kuana
Native speakers	6,000 (2000 – 2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Cariban Guianan Carib Maquiritari
Dialects	Wayumara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mch`
Glottolog	`maqu1239`^[2]

Maquiritari, AKA Dekwana or Ye'kuana, is a Cariban language of Venezuela, with a few hundred speakers in Brazil.

References

↑ Maquiritari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Maquiritari–Wayumara". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Venezuela

Official language	Spanish

Indigenous languages	Arutani Ayoman Barí Betoi Caquetio Carib Cuiba Gayon Guahibo Japreria Jirajara Kapóng Macushi Maku-Auari Mandawaca Mapoyo-Yabarana Mucuchí Nheengatu Ninam Panare Paraujano Pemon Piapoco Sapé Sikiana Tamanaku Timote Uwa Warao Warekena Wayuu Yaruro Ye'kuana Yukpa

Dialects of Spanish	Llanero Maracucho

Sign languages	Venezuelan Sign Language

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

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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