Sapé language
| Sapé | |
|---|---|
| Kaliana | |
| Sapé | |
| Pronunciation | [sapé] |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Paragua and Karuna rivers |
| Ethnicity | 9 (2011 census) |
| Extinct | November 2018, with the death of Ramón Quimillo Lezama 2 semispeakers (2019) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | spc |
| Glottolog | sape1238 |
| ELP | Sapé |
Sapé is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Sapé, also called Kaliana or Caliana, is an extinct language recently spoken along the Paragua River and Karuna River. There were only about a few dozen speakers in the mid-1900s, and by the 2000s, only a few elderly speakers were found. Sapé may be a language isolate.