Baniwa is a member of the Arawakan language family spoken in Brazil and Venezuela by about 6,000 people. The majority of speakers can be found in the municipality São Gabriel da Cachoeira in Amazonas State in the northwest of Brazil, where the language has official status. In Venezuela it is spoken between the Curipaco and Guarequena Rivers along the Colombia border.
The language is also known as Baniba, Baniua do Içana, Baniva, Dakenei, Issana, Kohoroxitari and Maniba, and has numerous dialects.
Download an alphabet chart for Baniwa (Excel)
Information about Baniwa
http://www.native-languages.org/baniwa.htm
http://www.orinoco.org/apg/lopeopleindiv.asp?lang=en&people=baniwa
http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/baniwa/print
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_baniua
Baniwa New Testament (audio version)
http://worldbibles.org/language_detail.php/eng/bwi/Baniwa?translation=eng&&language=bwi&&name=Baniwa
Achagua, Apurinã, Arawak, Asháninka, Ashéninka, Baniwa, Baniwa of Guainía, Baure, Caquinte, Chamicuro, Curripaco, Garifuna, Iñapari, Machiguenga, Nanti, Nomatsiguenga, Palikúr, Paraujuano, Paresi, Pauna, Piapoco, Taíno, Tariana, Terêna, Wapishana, Wayuu, Yanesha', Yucuna
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 23.04.21
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