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Arawak language

Arawak
Lokono
Native toFrench Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Jamaica, Barbados
RegionGuianas
EthnicityLokono (Arawak)
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1990–2012)[1]
Arawakan
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-2arw
ISO 639-3arw
Glottologaraw1276
ELPLokono
Arawakan languages in South America and the Caribbean
Arawak is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Arawak (Arowak, Aruák), also known as Lokono (Lokono Dian, literally "people's talk" by its speakers), is an Arawakan language spoken by the Lokono (Arawak) people of South America in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.[2] It is the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family.

Lokono is an active–stative language.[3]

  1. ^ Arawak at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Pet 2011, p. 2
  3. ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.

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