Arawak language
| Arawak | |
|---|---|
| Lokono Dian | |
| Native to | French Guiana, Guyana,Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Region | Guianas |
| Ethnicity | Lokono (Arawak) |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1990–2012) |
Arawakan
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| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | arw |
| ISO 639-3 | arw |
| Glottolog | araw1276 |
| ELP | Lokono |
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) Indigenous peoples of South America in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and French Guiana. It is the eponymous language of the Indigenous Arawakan language family.
Lokono is an active–stative language.