Wajumará language

Wayumara
Wayumara
Wajumará
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Cariban Makiritare? Wayumara; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qc7
Glottolog	wayu1242

Last updated September 19, 2025

Wayumara is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. Kaufman (2007) placed it in his Makiritare branch as a close relative of Ye'kuana.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica, eds. (2012-01-27). "The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide". The Indigenous Languages of South America. De Gruyter Mouton. p. 444. doi:10.1515/9783110258035. hdl:1887/70116. ISBN 978-3-11-025803-5.
↑ Kaufman, Terrence (2007). "South America". In Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 59–94. ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1.

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[1] Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica, eds. (2012-01-27). "The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide". The Indigenous Languages of South America. De Gruyter Mouton. p. 444. doi:10.1515/9783110258035. hdl:1887/70116. ISBN 978-3-11-025803-5.

[2] Kaufman, Terrence (2007). "South America". In Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 59–94. ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1.

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