Yeʼkuana is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Venezuela, and also in Brazil, by about 6,630 people. In Venezuela it is spoken by about 6,200 people in Bolívar and Amazonas states along the border with Brazil, and is officially recognized as an indigenous language. There are also about 430 speakers of Yeʼkuana in Roraima state in the northwest of Brazil.
Yeʼkuana is also known as Maquiritari, Dekwana, Ye'kwana, Ye'cuana, Yekuana, Cunuana, Kunuhana, De'cuana, De’kwana Carib, Pawana, Maquiritai, Maquiritare, Maiongong, or Soto.
Yeʼkuana was first documented in the 19th century. Since then a number of scholars have written about it. It can be written with a version of the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Yeʼkuana (Excel)
Information about Yeʼkuana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeʼkuana_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mch
http://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Acosta-2013/costa_2013_yekuana.pdf
https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Ye'kwana
Akawaio, Akurio, Bakairi, Carib, Carijona, Hixkaryána, Ikpeng, Kapóng, Japreria, Macushi, Panare, Pemon, Tiriyó, Waiwai, Wayana, Yeʼkuana, Yukpa
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created 27.07.21. Last modified: 01.06.25
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